Re: Newsreaders

From: Rudy Velthuis (TeamB) (rvelthuis_at_gmx.de)
Date: 02/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 18:20:17 +0100

At 18:09:46, 27.02.2004, Dan Miser wrote:

> Of course, I didn't even read Jake's original message about frequent
> updating as a complaint. If updates are done too often, developers will
> be less prone to add code (features, bug fixes, etc.) since they would
> have to continually update their source and constantly merge - at least
> until they were able to contribute the code back to Colin.

I think that Colin simply would need a public CVS, like the one on
sourceforge. That way more people would be able to contribute and have
theri code merged in a lot easier.

Colin could still be the final judge.

> My guess is
> that developers will start contributing more when the frequency of
> updates slows down. Note that I am not commenting on whether or not
> Colin should or should not do this. That's almost exactly what Jake
> said, though.

Yes, I understood that.
 
> And why are the same people saying that Borland releasing fast patches
> are a Bad Thing arguing that fast patches for XanaNews are a Good Thing?

See my other reply to Nick: the fact that a product *needs* fast and
frequent patches weighsd more heavily for a commercial product than for a
free, open source hobby product. Especially when Borland's patches are
mere bug fixes, whereas Colin's patches usually add new features.

Usually, only MS can get away with that. <g> 

-- 
Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)
"Sanity is a madness put to good uses."
    - George Santayana (1863-1952)

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