From: Euan M. <lu...@us...> - 2001-06-20 01:40:05
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On 19 Jun 2001, at 15:35, x51...@fe... wrote: > Mensaje citado por: Benjamin `Quisar' Lerman > > Euan Mee a =E9crit=A0: > > > What do you all think? > > Sorry to be rude: BullShit. > > I'm not gonna wait 3 weeks of dicussion before writing a line > > of code, correcting a bug, changing some kind of > > implementation that is not optimized or things like that... > > k, on that you are right. But we can decrease the timelines. And > discuss on ML the functionality requiered. I don't suggest at any time that there are 3 week coding holidays. What I do say is: in a given functional area, we must agree what is to be coded, and how, before coding. Why write code for something that's not wanted or needed, or which ignores the decisions on RP functionality? Code all you like in the areas which are agreed on. Wait for the requirements to be agreed before coding new areas. An example: coding is ongoing for the Renderer,and various other areas. Why is waiting a short while before coding the Perception systems, or the Weather Model, when the discussions on how they work are still ongoing, such a difficult thing to do? > > There is, for the moment, very few people comitting code, and > > I really do not want this number to decrease one more time > > because of the rigidity of your system. > > Yes, you are right. > But this method can save us a few emails of why this has been > coded or why code is not stable and so... Having a set of documents that lets newcomers know whats going on, and how the various bits fit together, both as interfacing modules, and as tasks in the overall planned sequence of events, can only help make it easier for new coders to join. Making it easier for coders to slot in means an *in*creasing number of coders. > Anyway obvious things should be done in a automatic thing. To fix > a bug is automatic, to design Object System is not... most of the > code can be done without delay, the point is what to do, really > howto do it is not so important. Exactly. Cheers, Euan xl...@us... 'I would live all my life in nonchalance and insouciance, Were it not for making a living, which is rather a nouciance' - Ogden Nash |