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Comment I'm an "Open Source Author" (Score 2, Interesting) 89

I'm sure there are many ways of going about open source project management. Here is mine:

I mainly write tools dealing with games and game related file formats (used for mod creation, amongst other things), and some programs on the side regarding audiovisual analysis.

While some may find the release early, release often model to work, it's too incomplete for me and I don't use it myself. What I do is:
  • Do some research, grab some documentation
  • Write the program to be fully functional, commenting the functions along the way
  • Release the code along with the program once it is finished and thoroughly tested
  • Sit back and see if any users are experiencing difficulties or come across bugs, and release the new version of the binary and source code with the fixes/changes
In short, I believe in releasing complete, stable software, and providing the source for it if anyone wants to expand it or see how a certain part is done. And, going along with Crawford's issue with OOorg, a thing like that will not pop up -- because the program wouldn't be released half-finished (let alone be in it's third version!).

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