Re: Call for testing experimental patch

["Christopher Murtagh" <..hidden..>]

On 9/13/06, David Tangye <..hidden..> wrote:
> Stabilize. Add nothing new. And then redevelop. Don't get stuck with
> creeping enhancements into a schema/technology that cannot handle it.
> Its like quicksand. I am sure you have been there.

I have been there before more than once and with a much bigger app
than SL. It's not the most fun situation to be in, but because it's a
app that is in current use (by us and by others), it's often the only
way to keep the day-to-day business (which is using the software, not
writing it) working.

> If you can possibly plan to do it that way, that's what I would try very
> hard to do. I don't mean throw everything away. Hmm, then again, the few
> times I took over others' apps, sooner or later I almost always realised
> it was far more effective to just bite the bullet and start pretty-well
> again.

We will definitely hit a point when this will be necessary, and it
was something we recognized in one of our first group discussions.
It's like walking up to the edge of a cliff, eventually we'll have to
jump to get to the other side. In this analogy, we're walking as close
as we can to the edge before we do. :-)

Cheers,

Chris