Hmm... Anne Knibbs wrote: > I am currently researching Open Source development life cycles for a Masters > degree. > Could you please spare the time to answer and return the following > questionnaire? > > > Does your project follow a particular development methodology?
Yes. > If so what is it? It's called "The Bazaar of small Cathedrals", well, some people call it so. See "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" for understanding. > What design methods are you using for your project? Err... none? > Who defines the software requirements? Err... the users? > Who decides which features to include? Err... the developers inparticualr? > How is the programming coordinated? Who told you it is coordinated? > What programming conventions have you specified? > i.e. naming conventions, indentations etc. Please read the Debian Policy, i.e. <http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-versions.html> > How do you enforce the conventions specified? See the Bug Tracking System at <http://bugs.debian.org/> > What testing methods do you use? Packages are tested by people who write hate mails (called bug reports) that tell the maintainer something's going wrong... > How are they conducted? Who told you they are conducted? Maybe you didn't know about <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/> yet. > What form does project documentation take? See <http://www.debian.org/devel/> > Do you use any pre-existing libraries? Always. > How are maintenance issues managed? parse error. > What type of license have you released projects under? You surely haven't even tried to understand what the Debian Project is about. Please go back to the beginning, don't collect $1,000 and read <http://www.debian.org/>, especially the 9th link called 'Social Contract'. After that, and more investigation on the entire website, you may come back to us. > Do you have a commercial, personal or academic interest in Open Source > Software development? See above! Regards, Joey -- Let's call it an accidental feature. --Larry Wall
