Re: [Audacity-quality] FIXED and RESOLVED!

[Paul L. <pau...@gm...>]

I'd like to urge the C++11 switch more, at least to the extent gcc 4.6.
supports it, and James at least seems favorable, but that's a discussion
for -devel.

PRL

On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:07 PM, James Crook <cr...@in...> wrote:

> What will be your reward?
> You'll get a gold star :-(
>
> Not really adequate compensation?  That's something we actually DO need to
> look at within Audacity.  I don't think we can hope to financially reward
> people for the work they do, or measure it reliably (per Dilbert ad).  We
> can be and should be a bit more canny about skills benefits from being part
> of Audacity, and about doing more to make it fun at a technical level.
>
> You mentioned C++11.  We should be doing that, playing with Google
> containers, code generators, GPU programming and more.  We should shift
> mindset towards working to up all our skills levels, whatever skills levels
> we are starting from, rather than thinking just in terms of the code in the
> project.  That gives back value that makes putting the time in worthwhile.
>
> Paul, there is a deeper discussion starting on audacity team about the way
> forward.  I think it is an oversight that you are not on the audacity team
> mailing list.  Am sending you (and Buanzo) a separate message about getting
> you added to that list.
>
> --James.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 05/02/2016 17:27, Paul Licameli wrote:
>
> What will be my reward?  See the cartoon...
> <http://blog.klocwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dilbert-minivan-small.png>
> http://blog.klocwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/dilbert-minivan-small.png
>
> PRL
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Peter Sampson <
> pet...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> If you squish that many bugs, you'll be a star ...
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Paul Licameli < <pau...@gm...>
>> pau...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> A hecatomb is a lot of one hundred animal sacrificed to the gods.
>>>
>>> If I squash that many bugs, it will be an achievement.
>>>
>>> PRL
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:15 AM, James Crook < <cr...@in...>
>>> cr...@in...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 05/02/2016 05:48, Paul Licameli wrote:
>>>> > I see the bugs we developers have fixed are starting to move into
>>>> > RESOLVED status!  Hooray!
>>>> >
>>>> > James quoted "Starship Troopers," so here's my literary quote:
>>>> >
>>>> > "Near the ceiling long lines of bugs marched all day like columns of
>>>> > soldiers, and at night came down ravenously hungry, so that one had to
>>>> > get up every few hours and kill them in hecatombs."
>>>> >
>>>> > -- George Orwell, "Down and Out in Paris and London"
>>>> Oooh.  We are going to have to make some kind of bug catching test thing
>>>> and call it a 'hecatomb'.
>>>>
>>>> > I enjoy that overblown martial metaphor as I do my own grim petty
>>>> > battles against less literal critters.  And in more hygienic
>>>> > circumstances.
>>>>
>>>> I particularly like that you have been tackling some very low numbered
>>>> bugs Paul.   Any high level lessons to share of things to avoid to avoid
>>>> us making the same kinds of mistakes in future?
>>>>
>>>> --James.
>>>>
>>>>
>
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