[ros-dev] My attitude

[Alex Ionescu]

Brian wrote:

>
> So Alex, how do you feel about how the other devs do things?
>  

Haha..hi Brian :)

First of all, let me say that you shouldn't be discouraged by the 
endless tirades on the ML...I think they are signs of a healthy 
project..much like a couple arguing. It's not like all we do is argue in 
here.. we have sometimes up to 100 commits a day (which for a project 
this small, is a lot).

As for your question, it's simple to answer... people here do things in 
the following way: "Like they want to". And that's why I like ReactOS 
and a lot of devs like working here. Because there are no rules on how 
you should code, what you should code, if you should code, etc. Casper 
for example is very adamant about this (Note: I'm not trying to say 
there aren't any general rules, but nobody is going to tell you 'use 
spaces, not tabs' or 'write audio for 0.4.0, not video code!'). So I 
feel good that everyone can work at their own pace, in the way that they 
want.

OTOH, I think there needs to be better project management and a 
cooperation mentality, something akin to a real start-up software 
company. I have this dream where everyone is using Visual Studio Team 
System and writing patches for bug reports, using peer-review, managing 
meetings, doing nightly test builds, filling out test cases.... but I'm 
sure that would put many people off. (even though it would cut 
development time by a year at least)

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu