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MySQL 5.1 and development models

MySQL 5.1 and development models

Posted Dec 4, 2008 15:41 UTC (Thu) by hp (subscriber, #5220)
Parent article: MySQL 5.1 and development models

Monty says "We have changed the release model so that instead of focusing on quality and features our release is now defined by timeliness and features."

A lot of projects have found the third choice to work well - focus on timeliness and quality, and let features fall where they may. This is the "time-based release"

"timeliness and features" is indeed insane; usually just a broken compromise because people can't agree on whether to be time-based or feature-based.


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