On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 17:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Andrew C. Oliver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 24/03/2002 12:39:09 AM:
> 
> > > 'News' as a measure of activity on a project is effectively useless. 
> > > Commits/month would be a lot better.
> > > 
> > 
> > Hummm...I'll put that comment in the pile of "the most important
> > activity in software development is programming" pile of things I
> > disagree with.
> 
> Fine, but since commits aren't just programming, they're also docs, 
> proposals etc, i feel it's a far more valid measure of activity than 
> writing a news article.
> 

True.

</snip>

> I agree, but you need a purpose for a release. Releasing just so it 
> happens often is pointless. There should be a consistent amount of 
> change/bug fixing/docs etc for a release to be made.
> 

Agreed.  But thats not a release.  Thats called lying to yourself/others
that you have a release when you really just have a build.

-Andy

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