Re: [Javacavemaps-developers] my style

[sean w. <wa...@ya...>]

Just my opinion on the cowboy coding with additional features and etc. If you do a lot of it right you can give people "sand box" areas to which they can play without affecting other portions of the code. That or they can branch, whether their branch is merged into the trunk should be completely up to the project managers digression. Gotta remember that people here are working for free though, and if you want them to stay, you will have to let them do a lot of things that they want to do, cus after all that is why they are here because they want to be. Hell we let people spend at least 25% of their time at work pursueing interests of this sort... and they are getting paid for it.

--- On Sun, 12/28/08, Larry Gray <jav...@ya...> wrote:
From: Larry Gray <jav...@ya...>
Subject: [Javacavemaps-developers] my style
To: jav...@li...
Date: Sunday, December 28, 2008, 7:31 PM

If anyone on the project can't stand the XP methodology, please feel free to remove yourself from the project if you think you can't contribute because of it.  I'd as soon see no one in the member list than to see members who simply don't want to help out because of the decisions I make.  I realize methodology can be something like Religion to some folks.  I'm not religious per say about this XP methodology.  But I see some good ideas there. Most developers I think want to start the project out by packing many features and advanced features and they want freedom to work ahead on uneeded features. etc. cowboy coding I guess you might say.  XP is a fairly limiting style.  You only do what is currently within you capability meaning (time/resources/quality/scope). A
 itteration is 2 to 3 weeks, its just for goal setting.  We would have several itterations inbetween minor versions. and several minor releases or more up to maybe 10 between major releases and version changes. You can always work ahead on your local computer and have something ready to contribute when the time comes.  I am going to try to keep the specs worked ahead as much as possible so we can all know whats coming up next.  

I guess idealy we should have one or two task for each person per itteration maybe.  Anyway if we are coding we are getting something done.  If we don't communicate we can't colaborate.  Let me know what your thoughts are other than.. "hi, I'm here to help, I see your an idiot so  I'm here to take over, o I can't so sorry. bye now"
 Larry Gray
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