[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Wakely) wrote on 16.06.05 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 10:30:03AM -0400, Scott Robert Ladd wrote: > > > Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote: > > > Boosters, FreeBSD hackers, and I'm sure tons of others are calling this > > > the "Bicycle shed effect." > > > > > > <http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/misc.html#BIKESHED > > > -PAINTING> > > > > If I'm building a bicycle shed, I may want to talk with others who have > > done so in the past, learning from the experience and gaining their > > insights. Why did they use a certain type of construction? What sort of > > storage did they build in? What worked and didn't work for someone else > > who has already built a shed? What did they learn from their own work? > > Any shed I build will be better for such discussions. > > You've completely missed the point (rather appropriately). You're > *supposed* to be building a nuclear reactor, but have got preoccupied > discussing the colour of the bicycle shed in which the staff will park > their bikes. > > That's what "bicycle shed painting" refers to. Actually, based on that FAQ entry, no, it doesn't. Those are two different projects. It's not a shed as part of a reactor. It's *not* about being distracted by unimportant details; it's about discussing easy projects to death and just rubberstamping hard projects. Which does not seem to describe any current problem. MfG Kai
