On 08/22/10 11:34 PM, Mike Witt wrote:
On 08/22/2010 01:01:17 PM, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On 08/22/10 04:47 PM, Jeff Post wrote:
On Sunday 22 August 2010 08:07, Mike Witt wrote:
Having said this, I can't help but wonder what possible
motivation there could be, among developers, to do something
like a bug fix release?
Professionalism?
Jeff
Mike,
Making bug-fix releases is an essential part of professional software
development. Jeff is right - it is the professional thing to do.
Unfortunately, most Sage developers do not have a background in
software engineering, so do not appreciate that.
As for motivation, these two links might give you some thoughts.
There's some very useful responses on the first link.
http://discuss.fogcreek.com/joelonsoftware/default.asp?cmd=show&ixPost=17798
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0006/
Dave
I may not have been thinking too clearly when I wrote that
last paragraph. I was, after all, trying to argue *in favor*
of bug fixes :-)
-Mike
Unfortunately, I think a lot of Sage developers would be unhappy about bug-fix
releases. William is far from keen on the idea and I think there are others who
share his view.
Dave
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