From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat May 11 16:41:23 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1860237B401 for ; Sat, 11 May 2002 16:41:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from leto (pcp529856pcs.nash01.tn.comcast.net [68.52.131.181]) by mtaout02.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.6 (built Apr 26 2002)) with ESMTP id <0GVZ00DND0GSZV@mtaout02.icomcast.net> for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 11 May 2002 19:41:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 18:36:37 -0500 (CDT) From: "Brandon D. Valentine" Subject: Re: It's not fun anymore. (Mike resigns from core) In-reply-to: X-X-Sender: bandix@leto.homeportal.2wire.net To: Conrad Minshall Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, Michael Smith Message-id: <20020511183039.C11946-100000@leto.homeportal.2wire.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 10 May 2002, Conrad Minshall wrote: >Reading this thread I see rationale, considerate responses and a general >lack of flamage. Very cool... pun intended, sorry :) Indeed. There are some excellent ideas wrt development methodologies in this paper: http://martinfowler.com/articles/newMethodology.html I've found this paper insightful in the sense that it highlights some weaknesses in my own personal development methodology. `The members of the FreeBSD project who are working to develop the, for lack of a better term, bureaucracy might find this paper illuminating as to alternatives which don't "take the fun out of it" for too many people. Brandon D. Valentine -- "Time to resign from the human race, wipe those tears from your lovely face. Baby, wave to the man in the ol' red caboose before all hell breaks loose." - Kinky Friedman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message