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Old 8th June 2008
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Originally Posted by phoenix View Post
...what to do when features aren't complete at the cut-off (how many times can one feature be bumped before people get mad?).
Customers can be mad in either model, so it comes down to the truthful assessment of where development is internally & project management -- managing external (customer) expectations, monitoring, assisting, & pushing the development effort, & the general management of expectations made by all.

The model used by OpenBSD has been quite successful, & both FreeBSD & NetBSD are making efforts to move in the same direction. Timed releases can be painful, but they also bring a degree of reality into the process, & help refine the release process itself. Timed releases also keeps stability firmly in the picture as amorphous development efforts aren't allowed to exist for extended periods of time.

Last edited by ocicat; 8th June 2008 at 06:55 AM.
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