Release Early, Release Often, Adopt Slowly
Dec 31, 2009, 16:17 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Joe Brockmeier)
"Things move pretty fast in the open source development world. A
new kernel release comes out around every three months. Projects
like GNOME, KDE, and PostgreSQL pop out releases every six months,
as well as some major Linux distros. Open source development moves
at a rapid and relentless pace. It's refreshing, then, to see an
open source developer reminding people to have a little
patience.
"Peter Eisentraut, a software engineer at F-Secure who also
works on PostgreSQL and is a Debian Developer, has some good advice
for people concerned about the adoption rate of Python 3. Did you
follow all that? Because the connections are important: Adoption of
Python 3 is directly related to its connections to other projects
like PostgreSQL and Debian. Eisentraut explains:"
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