[GRASS-dev] Re: [-> 6.1.0 freeze & release?]

[Paulick Consult]

Well, smoothie or ice-cream  ;-) 

You can't go trough any certification procedure like ISO-9000 when frozen 
code can be modified or extended. That's against state-of-the-art in 
software engineering, even if it may be convenient. 

At least, there must be a numbering system to grant a unique identification 
of the modified frozen version. 

/Stefan 

 


Hamish schrieb: 

>> > There's no reason why new modules can't be added during a freeze.  
>> 
>> Sorry to dissent, but in the IT project business for good reasons a
>> freeze is always full freeze with neither change of the existing nor
>> the addition of new things.
> 
> We are blessed with a non-monolithic code base, so addition of a new
> buggy module won't bring down the rest of the system. What it will do
> however is diminish the user's trust in the rest of the system when
> they randomly run into new & buggy parts. 
> 
> I don't mind a small parts being added during the freeze as long as
> they have already been announced, discussed, and are non-invasive.
> Having said that I do favour a moderately hard freeze on new features. 
> 
>  
> 
> Hamish