Re: BlackBox source code 'improvements'

From: [at]} <Bob>
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:41:32 +0000

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Hi Robert,

[...]
> Possibly some people made this suggested change, possibly some
> did not. By the time that 50 such 'improvements' have been
> suggested we may all be running different non-standard versions
> of BlackBox.
[...]

This is a configuration management problem. The open source movement
must have to deal with this, so we should learn from them.

Here is something I found by gogling 'open source configuration
management':
http://www.ibiblio.org/gferg/ldp/SCM-OpenSource/scm-opensource.html

I haven't read it yet, but a scan found the following:
"How important is SCM for such an Open Source Projects project? Let
us face it - OSP works and it works well. So how are such diverse interests
synergized into a single mission? Looking at the extremely successful Linux
example, Linus Torvalds acts as the gatekeeper to the Linux kernel. The actual
development work is mostly done by others but Linus Torvalds decides on the
contents of the release kernel. Each developer sends to him a patch containing
the changes that have to be incorporated into the kernel. Thus for all practical
purpose he acts as the one man software configuration management process offering
control (incorporating patches from other developers), accounting (the changelog)
and authentication of the configurable items (ensuring that the released kernel
has all the pieces) - Not an easy task!"

This implies the need for a 'gatekeeper'.

-- 
Regards,
 Bob
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Received on Tue Jan 11 2005 - 13:41:32 UTC