Re: All's fair (in) love and the sdk list

On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 03:18:55PM +0100, Andy Wardley wrote:
> > Basically if we don't attempt to get even the intial module set riht,
> > or even close. Then the SDK is just going to grow to be a tarball of CPAN.
> 
> I think you're absolutely right that we have to get it pretty close
> first time round, but I think that we've reached that point.  Or rather,
> Stephen's reached that point with a lot of one-handed clapping and talking
> to himself :-)

I won't ask what he was foing with the other hand :)

>  Kudos is due, and shall be delivered.

Yes he has done a good job, I just feel it needs wider input before
being released.

> I think the niggles will sort themselves out quite quickly once it's 
> released, or will quickly blow up until they're easy to spot.  Let's 
> take it to the worldwide committee as an alpha release with no written
> guarantee of anything staying the same, and see what the response is.

I thinl perl itself is a testament there. How often does anything get removed ?

> Release early, release often.  Fail quickly, last long.  Don't take a
> toaster into the bathtub.

Yes, yes. but people don't like going backward. Which is what some people
will see if they see thier modules get removed.

Graham.