[maemo-developers] maemo Bug Jar #7

[From: Dave Neary]

Hi,

Krischan Keitsch wrote:
> Quality first! Releasing shouldn't _only_ be a management decision. When the 
> quality is as expected then the (scrum ?) team should hand over the 
> responsibility to the management. They can then powerpoint the great 
> event ;-)
> Personally I consider fix release dates as contra productive. Quality it the 
> key to success.

While I still think we've wandered miles off topic here, I have to
depend good project management practices. Release dates help with
decision making - features to keep, features to drop.

I agree that quality is a must, of course, but it's not the only
parameter - last minute feature additions affect quality, or insisting
on doing every feature on a checklist that is established at the start
of the planning process. A release date helps you ship a smaller number
of high quiality components, rather than spending years getting a
required quality level on an ever-expanding feature list.

Cheers,
Dave.

PS. As I understand it, the question here is that some bugs are fixed in
the platform, but the patches aren't made available straight away. Have
I misunderstood the issue?
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