LJ UQDS article update

"A.T.Hofkamp" <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:48:40 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.quotient.dev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello all,

I wrote an email to LJ proposing to write an article about UQDS and 
Combinator. They replied as follows (leaving out all the usual advice of how 
to write an article):

 > Your article proposal on UQDS has been accepted for possible
 > publication in Linux Journal.  It should follow these guidelines:
 >
 > [deleted some guidelines]
 >
 > We expect your article will be about 2500 words.
 >
 > The deadline for the final version of your article is August 30, 2007. The
 > final version of your article must be sent to [email protected].
 >
 > [deleted some text]
 >
 > Keep in mind that all writing is done on speculation. If Linux Journal
 > decides to use the work, we will purchase first rights and compilation
 > rights to the article. However, we are under no obligation to publish
 > the work.

As a result, I have been busy writing the article itself in the past weeks.
It is basically an example session of using UQDS in practice, in particular 
Combinator for doing branch-based development for issues from the ticketing 
system, finishing with a code review step.
2500 words is not much, so the article is quite hands-on. I included a few 
links to UQDS and Combinator wiki @ divmod for more background information.

Unfortunately, I cannot release the article publically until 1 month after 
publication, so some patience is needed... :-)
If one or two persons want to do a review, I can make an exception, provided 
they will not distribute the text further.

At this moment, I am more or less finished with the article. I need better 
introduction. The reason why one would want to switch to UQDS in a 
multi-person software project is not clear.
The divmod website doesn't say much about this either.


Albert