On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 01:07 +0200, Hans Witvliet wrote:
I do pray it aint so:
"The only really clear thing was our release cycle timing, as follows: openSUSE releases on a fixed schedule every 8 months no matter what. Therefore, all releases occur in November, July and March.”
I thought they had a more sensible approach like Linus: it is released when it is ready to be released, not before and not after.
If you keep as strict to the eight-month-policy you become as inflexible as those guys from Redmond.
We have a similar periodic milestone release strategy. As a software developer, I can say that if you wait for everything to be 'ready', you never release anything. This is especially the case in a distributed effort where cat herding skill comes in to play. Having set dates also forces you to be realistic about what can be done, and to a certain extent keeps you from putting everything and the kitchen sink in since you have 'unlimited' time. The Linux kernel is perhaps unique in this and works mainly because Linus is God. Or, to be more precise, he is listened to as a deity and can exert control mere mortal project managers can only dream about. Yours sincerely, Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems / Ramböll RST Office: Int +46 10-615 60 20 Mobile: Int +46 70-815 1696 roger.oberholtzer@ramboll.se ________________________________________ Ramböll Sverige AB Krukmakargatan 21 P.O. Box 17009 SE-104 62 Stockholm, Sweden www.rambollrst.se -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org