On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:30:33 -0800, Iftikhar Burhanuddin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Tue, 16 Jan 2007, William Stein wrote:
No sweat.
Timeline:
SAGE-1.5 Dec 12, 2006
SAGE-1.6 Jan 11, 2007
SAGE-1.7 Jan 16, 2007
Goal dates:
SAGE-1.8 Jan 20, 2007
SAGE-1.9 Jan 23, 2007
SAGE-2.0 Jan 29, 2007
This is taking 'Release Early, Release Often' to the next level!
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html
I've learned (the hard way) over the last two years that it is actually
easier to release 5 versions during two months that to release 2 versions
during the same time frame. Somehow this is similar to how code is easier
to understand when it is divided up into small logical chuncks. Also,
by releasing 5 times, there are 5 days where a bunch of cramming goes
into making sure everything is stable and in place -- each of those 5 times
is easier than it would be to do the same if one waited 2 months and
did it all at once.
Also, the help I've got from other people is generally much better when they
get to use a stable released version... it's just easier for everybody to
work together.
-- William
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