Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 16:18:56 -0500 (EST) From: Tim Vanderhoek <hoek@hwcn.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/usr.bin/cvs/libdiff Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980129161329.4528B-100000@james.hwcn.org> In-Reply-To: <199801281941.MAA05552@mt.sri.com>
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On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Nate Williams wrote: > Actually, not completely. There are some that simply build things, but > the 'new thinking' is that workers who understand the build process are > more effecient/better than workers who just tighten bolts. Also, there > are *always* workers who understand the entire build process when things > go wrong (which they do). The new thinking also says that workers should be freed (by capital investment in new machinary) to do creative work. Unless jump-starting the build process is considered creative work, then the analogy suggests that the build should be as automatic as possible. (The workers you refer to who always know the entire build process are referred to here as "release engineers"). -- Outnumbered? Maybe. Outspoken? Never! tIM...HOEk
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