Randall R Schulz wrote:
On Tuesday April 14 2009, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
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That's not a MS-ism. That's a core open-source philosophy: "Release early; release often.".
Not really.
The injunction to "release early, release often" is a core principle of _Agile Development_. Agile development may be the norm in open-source circles, but it's used by successful commercial / closed-source organizations as well.
I follow that principle as well. In my organization, I maintain rapid release cycles. This ensures that the users get the most up to date items for their requests. Though some enhancements or bugs may not have been fixed yet, they know that we will be approaching them. (We do test all features and document what does/does not work in the systems.) This is a philosophy which is opposite to waiting until every last bug is squashed and every feature/enhancement is complete. As long as I communicate with the users as to what to expect - and calculations are not incorrect - then they are happier with the shorter release cycle. -- kai 2 + 2 > 4 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org