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From:
David E. Wheeler
Date:
June 24, 2009 09:25
Subject:
Re: Perl 5.10.1
Message ID:
209B9D4C-4C2A-44A9-912A-BE157703B1DF@kineticode.com
On Jun 24, 2009, at 2:55 AM, David Golden wrote:

> Options:
>
> (a) ecosystem of many, frequent slightly-dodgy releases, each with
> different bugs

Define "dodgy."

> (b) ecosystem of few, ancient releases, each with different bugs
>
> I would argue that the number of bugs in (b) is higher than in (a)
> simply due to elapsed time.  Option (a) works when number of bugs
> fixed per release is greater than number of bugs introduced.

I see the problem here: a should have few new bugs, because there  
should be no new features.

Best,

David


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