On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Charles R Harris <charlesr.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> wrote: >> >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Travis Vaught <tra...@vaught.net> wrote: >> > On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:56 AM, Nathaniel Smith wrote: >> > >> >> Travis's proposal is that we go from a large number of self-selecting >> >> people putting in little bits of time to a small number of designated >> >> people putting in lots of time. >> > >> > >> > That's not what Travis, or anyone else, proposed. >> >> Maybe I was unclear -- all I mean here is that if we suddenly have a >> few people working full-time on numpy (as Travis proposed), then that >> will cause two things: >> -- a massive increase in the total number of person-hours going into >> numpy >> -- a smaller group of people will be responsible for a much larger >> proportion of those person-hours >> (and this is leaving aside the other ways that it can be difficult for >> full-time developers and volunteers to interact -- the volunteers >> aren't in the office, the full-timers may not have the patience to >> wait for a long email-paced conversation before making a decision, >> etc.) >> >> I think Travis' proposal is potentially a great thing, but it's not as >> simple as just saying "hey we hired some people now our software will >> be better". Ask Fred Brooks ;-) >> > > What, you are invoking Fred Brooks for a team of, maybe, four? Numpy ain't > OS/360.
For the general idea that you can't just translate person-hours of effort into results? Yes, though do note the winky emoticon, which is used to indicate that a statement is somewhat tongue in cheek ;-). Do you have any thoughts on the actual content of my concerns? Do you agree that there's a risk that in Travis's plan, you'll be losing out on valuable input from non-core-contributors who are nonetheless experts in particular areas? -- Nathaniel _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion