Glenn Fowler writes: > in a larger shop this may seem crazy (base everything on the latest) > but it has been a good plan for the 3 main ast owners (korn vo fowler) > it exposes stupid bugs/errors right away and nudges the owners to > maintain and extend (fairly) comprehensive regression tests > and it means we use what we post > indeed the posts themselves used what we post
Actually, no, I wouldn't call that crazy at all. Using a separate base for different things not only keeps newly introduced errors hidden (as you note), but also allows you to walk right into deeper problems, such as having two things with mutually incompatible dependencies or ambiguous patching situations. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
