Comments on: If I were (pump)king http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/285/if-i-were-pumpking/ Whatever comes to mind Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: garu http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/285/if-i-were-pumpking/comment-page-1/#comment-223 garu Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:45:41 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=285#comment-223 If you <b>were</b> pumpking, you'd have my vote (not that it matters, though). You really captured what I think is the dichotomy of being a leader, and I strongly believe this sort of thinking is exactly what any large open-source project needs. dagolden++ bigtime. I'm looking forward to new posts on the subject that might help further improve the entire Perl community! If you were pumpking, you’d have my vote (not that it matters, though). You really captured what I think is the dichotomy of being a leader, and I strongly believe this sort of thinking is exactly what any large open-source project needs.

dagolden++ bigtime. I’m looking forward to new posts on the subject that might help further improve the entire Perl community!

]]> By: chromatic http://www.dagolden.com/index.php/285/if-i-were-pumpking/comment-page-1/#comment-222 chromatic Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:39:33 +0000 http://www.dagolden.com/?p=285#comment-222 Risk management is indeed important. Not only do we need to reduce the risk for any one person participating in the development and release process but we need to reduce the cost of making mistakes. Think of it this way: what's the cost of producing a second release candidate if the first one has an awful or embarrassing bug? Now what's the cost of producing a second release if the first one has an awful or embarrassing bug? How can we reduce the cost of the latter to the level of the former? Risk management is indeed important. Not only do we need to reduce the risk for any one person participating in the development and release process but we need to reduce the cost of making mistakes.

Think of it this way: what’s the cost of producing a second release candidate if the first one has an awful or embarrassing bug?

Now what’s the cost of producing a second release if the first one has an awful or embarrassing bug?

How can we reduce the cost of the latter to the level of the former?

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