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Re: [location-iwg] "Quality happens only when someone is responsible for it"
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As a trainer I like that the "cut and paste" culture allows developers to get instant results when learning. Still at some point people have to grow up and learn about design, testing and other forms of housekeeping.
Two good defences:
- test coverage
- a change control procedure
About the change control procedure: lot of projects I work on have shifted over to an RFC approach in order combat this in a polite fashion.
An request for change procedure also helps to document up front what procedure an organisation can follow in order to take part in a project. This especially helps companies that are new to open source and are worried about it being an unmanaged time sink.
On Monday, 20 August 2012 at 11:53 PM, Andrew Ross wrote:
Hi All,
Definitely worth a read. I'm curious how each of you feel about this. I
know there are more than a few that would agree in principle with much
of Mr. Kamp is asserting.
Quote to pique your interest:
"That is the sorry reality of the bazaar Raymond praised in his book: a
pile of old festering hacks, endlessly copied and pasted by a clueless
generation of IT "professionals" who wouldn't recognize sound IT
architecture if you hit them over the head with it. It is hard to
believe today, but under this embarrassing mess lies the ruins of the
beautiful cathedral of Unix, deservedly famous for its simplicity of
design, its economy of features, and its elegance of execution."
Andrew
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