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[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 11:28:38 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > On Monday, December 5, 2011 22:52:39 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > I was quite skeptical during the past weeks, but since last Wednesday
> > > I'm
> > > really looking forward to the release date again!
> > 
> > this is an opportunity to modify our expectations.
> > 
> > we now know, thanks to this experience, that there will be breakages
> > during
> > development and things will at times be more chaotic than ordered as we
> > make
> > necessary changes.
> 
> Will these breakages really always be necessary?

until we declare the software "complete", then yes, from time to time more 
significant changes will happen and those kinds of changes bring chaos and 
breakage.

> I read in this list about
> the plan to have an "always stable master", testing bigger changes in
> branches and only merging back to master when they work. Of course the

we have to test those branches. they don't become stable on their own. so 
while we may end up with an "always stable master", our team will likely be 
using the integration branch which will not always be stable. so people 
outside the team will be more insulated from these effects, but we won't. it's 
the price of being on the devel team :)

> I don't think anyone on the team lost their positivity and optimism at any

there was definitely some overly blown concern expressed and it was felt by 
some of the developers. and i'm not pointing fingers at individuals here, this 
is a team dynamic that we all need to improve together.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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