Hi Alex and all! On Wed, 2 Jun 2021 11:48:30 +0300 Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-developer-list <gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 2:59 PM Jack 04 via gimp-developer-list > <gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Dear GIMP team, > > I'm a software engineering student of University of Padova and I would like > > to get some information about GIMP development process, in particular on > > which methodology (i.e. waterfall model, v-shape model, agile methods, > > SCRUM, XP, ...) you chose and why, finally how you have organized it and > > implemented in the team. > > Thank you in advance for your attention, I will wait for your answer. > > Hello, > > Simply put, we don't do any of that. > > We are not a company, we don't have any kind of a contract or boss, > and only some of us receive humble donations. > > We have only rough planning of major releases. We usually set one or > two major goals for every major release (e.g. 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 3.0) and > then work towards those goals. As there are many, many requests made > by users, we end up with features that can be severely out of scope of > major goals. Moreover, some features are contributed by new people who > are not necessarily a part of what I might flamboyantly call the core > team :) > > We don't set particular goals for minor releases (e.g. 2.10.22 or > 2.99.4). It's typically a mix of some work towards a major goal, minor > or major new features, UX/UI improvements, bug fixes etc. > > Please let me know if you need to know more. > > Alex Thanks for replying so well. In addition, I and others have written: * https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/software-management/ * http://programming-motherfucker.com/ * https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/philosophy/putting-cards-on-the-table-2019-2020/putting-cards-on-the-table-2019-2020/big-minded-vs-small-minded.xhtml > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ Freecell Solver - https://fc-solve.shlomifish.org/ If Chuck Norris is disappointed by you not following his advice, he’ll survive. On the other hand, you will not. — https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Chuck-Norris/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
