Re: [alliance] Fw: Freedows/Alliance Split: One Year Later

[HawkeWerks Multimedia <hawke@hawkewerks.com>]

At 04:16 PM 8/12/99 +0200, you wrote:
> > > > > *What progress has Alliance made in the past year?
> > > >
> > > > Yeeks.  Where to start?!  Tell ya what - I'm going to leave this one to
> > > > the developers to answer!!!
>
><SNIP>

I would have to concur that Ramon summed this up perfectly :-)

> > > > > *Is Alliance still at the specification stage or is there actually
> > > > > code?
>
>The current specs are awefully out of date.  I'm not writing any specs
>until I feel that the CK design is stable.  We've abandoned writing
>CK specs when we noticed that the code evolved faster than the specs
>anyway.

Coding will always move ahead of the specifications now, we had to spec the 
initial system, so we had a groundwork, or foundation. Now that this 
exists, we have to code to meet the spec, modifying the spec as more and 
more "reality" comes into play :-)


> > > > > *What development model is Alliance currently using?
> > > >
> > > > You know, I'm not sure how it's classified at the moment <GRIN>
>

Actually, technically, we're in a very closed model, until the development 
of the CK and the SORB is more stable, plus most likely we'll need some 
native compilers. It's not that we're turning away any developers, it's 
just by the very fact that only three individuals are doing most of the 
coding, that we are a closed system. anyone wishing to join in would have 
to catch up with current stuff before they could do much coding. When the 
system is useable (even marginally) then we'll be in a very open arrangement.

>Open.  To develop alliance, join the lists, pick something that you
>like and start working on it.
>
> > > > > *When do you expect a final release?
> > > >
> > > > Final release?  Is there such a thing?  There will always be a 
> million and
> > > > one various things that will be added, etc., just like Linux.  It's 
> never
> > > > quite done.
>
>We're better off first working towards a working prototype :)

Agreed :-)

> > > > > *What features does Alliance currently plan to include in the first
> > > > > release?
> > > >
>What do you call a release ?  A "stable release" ?  I don't think
>anybody
>is thinking about that yet.  By the time alliance is ready for an
>end-user
>release, we'll probably just include whatever we have at the time :)

This would be complete conjecture at this point, i'm sure we'll get there 
eventually :-)


>I'm not even clear on what Lloyd's job is -- I think that his job
>is to resolve any serious arguments if they come up.  Well, they
>haven't :)

That's pretty much it until we have a large group of developers who will 
need guidance, right now, with mostly the original coding team still in 
place, we're just clicking along like always. (BTW, thanks for that 
guys!!!!! :-) )

> > > > Now, I really have to cut this short - I will most
> > > > certainly have a couple things I'd like to add later, but, I've got
> > > > this red head girl friend who's doing everything in her power to make
> > > > sure I get off the computer as soon as possible! <GRIN>
>
>Eww, Davis, I'm so jealous :-P

Me too :-)


TTYS
Lloyd
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