Some Observations on the D Development Process

John Colvin john.loughran.colvin at gmail.com
Fri Jan 5 10:08:11 UTC 2018


On Friday, 5 January 2018 at 04:26:25 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I can't agree with the "just close older bugs and PRs." There's 
> good stuff in them. Even if the PR is no good, it provides 
> insight to someone working on a better fix. Closing it means 
> nobody will ever be aware of it or look at it again.
>
> Relying on the original author to revive it will not work.
>
> It's similar with older bugs. They still have discussion on 
> them that contributes valuable information and insight to 
> anyone wishing to work on it. Closing them with no action means 
> the information is all lost.
>
> As for autotester resources, it should be easy enough to have 
> it skip testing any PRs that have had no activity for XXX days.
>
> I don't believe "Logan's Run" makes a good foundation for a 
> functioning QA system.

+1

A perfect project would be able to make quick decisions on PRs, 
but that doesn't mean closing PRs makes a better project. It's a 
little bit cargo-culty.


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