🚀 go-pugleaf

"Q Correll" <qcorrell@pacNObell.net> wrote in message 
news:46bf5be2$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Remy,
>
> | Indy is gearing up for a new major release.  One other person and I
> | have been working around the clock for several weeks now trying to
> | make that happen.  Due to deadlines we're working under, we need a
> | release ASAP.
>
> The "rush to release deadline" symptom is the cause of most horrible
> software releases!

Agreed.  It's too bad that Borland/CodeGear has had the habit of saying, 
"We'll release it when it's ready," and then releasing it way too early 
anyway (and getting away with it -- which is our own fault, because we buy 
it anyway), because now everybody else thinks it's just the way you should 
do software.  Argh...sigh.

> Take a deep breath, say "to heck with the 'deadline'," and take the
> necessary time to do things RIGHT!!!

No kidding.  The Boost maintainers are a *good* example; they are very 
conscientious about stable releases.  Of course, nobody makes money on Boost 
(and there are no stockholders or a board of directors to keep happy), but 
still, when it comes to releasing software, they're a good example of what 
to do, as opposed to Borland/CodeGear's example of what NOT to do (IMO).

- Dennis