Re: First draft of "OROCOS II" proposal...

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Stefano Caselli wrote:

> I think that I can take all your arguments. The bottom line of your 
> position is that there must be high quality in design.

Yes, but this easy to say, difficult to assure :-) (Or to evaluate.)

[...]
> I have a concluding remark. You maintain that this can only be achieved 
> by (requoting):
> > a core which is responsible for design.
> 
> Now the question is: how long will the design workpackages last? Will 
> they release early and often, so as to enable community development?
> 
How long will they last? In principle the whole duration of the
project, but their emphasis will shift. Budgetting design is a very
difficult thing to do...
I would very much prefer community development, but, as I said, the
it's not that easy to get real response to design discussions in
practice :-)
Anyway, I have _very_ good feelings about the Orocos workshops, which
have learned me (and hopefully also many other people) a lot. So, this
is a _managed_ organisational instrument to enable community
development. That's why I would like to have at least three per
year...

Herman
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