[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen & Software Performance Analysis

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org>wrote:

> Quoting Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com>:
>
>  And speaking as another of the developers, I'd love to see evidence of
>> problems (really -- we can't address issues without it).  New features and
>>
>
> The point of the performance analysis is to gather that information.
>
>
Indeed it is.  I don't think I said anything disagrees with your statement.
 I apologize if that line came across as flip; it was a sincere request for
details.  I don't see a need to wait for a formal analysis before starting
to gather detailed evidence.

Stepping back a little from that ... as you noted, the premise of the
initial point is not valid.  It's not wrong, per se, just not founded on an
understanding of the technical details.  Not understanding the details
should not stop anyone from speaking up (but, I should note, speaking
authoritatively about things which one does not understand is something
else entirely).  We all have things to learn and teach, and your response
was meant to do exactly that, I think.  My follow-up was not meany solely
for Stephen (it's an open list), but was meant to follow on with your point
in order to ask for detail, now, if anyone has any.  As soon as I have
everything wrapped up with my aforementioned working branch, I'll do just
that.

The bigger point implied in the initial email, and what I wanted to address
more broadly, is that QA is seen as "someone else's problem" and it's that
someone else's (presumably the RM's) responsibility to test, identify and
repair defects.  I disagree with that.  I think we can all play a part --
even if we don't know we are doing so -- and should.  There's plenty in
both scale and breadth to do.

-- 
Mike Rylander
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 | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
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