development model

	We will be using a change based development model for Pragmatic.
For those who are not familor with the model it can be summerized as follows:

	1) Their exists some "current" baseline version that always "works".
	   Works in this case is taken to be it passes all it's automated tests and
	   has passed the review and integration phases detailed below.  The basic
	   idea is if 3 pairs of eyes pass automated tests say it works then it probally
	   does.

	2) All changes go through the following steps:

		a) Chnage request -- A member of the Pragmatic community makes a request for
		a new feature, improvement to an existing one and/or a bug report.

		b) Change creation -- one of the project adimistrators approves a change
		as being needed

		c) Development -- The change is made and a set of automated (unit normally)
		tests.  In order to leave the development stage a change must build error free
		and pass *ALL* it's automated tests

		d) Review -- Where a human reviewer looks over all the new code and says it
		does exactly what the orginial change request says it should do (unless the
		administrator specifically specifies otherwise in step b)

		e) Integration -- The build and test are repeated in an enivorment that is
		different then the developer's to ensure stuff working is not a local fluke.
		Some teams (I think we should be one of them) use this as a second review.

	All this is supported under aegis (http://aegis.sf.net)

	We will be using a full project build model as described in Peter Miller's "Recursive
Make Considered Harmful" paper (http://aegis.sourceforge.net/auug97.pdf) and as implimented in
his program Cook (http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook/cook.html) you should also read
the tutorial (even though the author [at the time] had a very limited knowledge of some
of the advanced features).

	--Aryeh

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