Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 10:59:50 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co (Pedro Giffuni) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really a project? (introduction to WISE) Message-ID: <199707301659.KAA12699@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <33D977F7.77DB@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> from "Pedro Giffuni" at Jul 25, 97 09:08:11 pm
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Pedro Giffuni recently commented, with respect to a
WWW-based project manager:
> I don't consider FreeBSD a project because, technically speaking, a
> project has precisely defined it's start and it's ending dates. The
> initiation of the FreeBSD project evidently existed, but the goals seem
> very generic, and we don't really want this end. In purely bureaucratic
> linings, FreeBSD wouldn't be considered a project.
True, but "The FreeBSD Project" has created a number of "projects" in
the past. Each "release" of FreeBSD is really a project in it's own
right, with ongoing development on the -current branch. Once a
release is started, it typically gets a number of changes that are
then applied back to -current; these are typically bugfixes.
>From a source code control standpoint, CVS is quite good at this.
The model adopted by FreeBSD has been used by a number of commercial
users I am familiar with, including my previous employer.
> This makes me think we would have to do modifications on this software
> to help in the purpose of enhancing FreeBSD's development (was Jordan
> suggesting something like this when someone proposed to shoot him? :-)
> ). Anyway, we should test this...
Perhaps not. If this is basically a problem tracking and reporting
system, I don't really think we would have to make changes. Whenever
a new release is undertaken, say a 2.2.5 or 3.0, a "project" for that
release would be created. The project would be closed out when a
superceding release comes out -- 2.2.2 closes 2.2.1, etc.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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