Re: commit fests

Greg Smith wrote:
> So why not do that?  Developing new features is fun and tends to attract 
> sponsorship dollars.  Testing a frozen release, finding bugs, and 
> resolving them is boring, and no one sponsors it.  Therefore, if you let 
> both things go on at once, I guarantee you almost all of the community 
> attention will be diverted toward new development during any period 
> where both are happening at the same time.  Give developers a choice 
> between shiny and profitable vs. dull and unpaid, and they'll focus on 
> the former every time.  That means that there's no possible way you can 
> keep new development open without hurting the dreary work around 
> stabilizing the beta in the process.  You have to put all the fun toys 
> away in order to keep focus on the painful parts.

"put all the fun toys away in order to keep focus on the painful parts"
--- pure poetry.

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