[UPHPU] Source Control Questions

Scott Hill llihttocs at gmail.com
Fri Dec 29 10:49:42 MST 2006


On 12/29/06, Lamont Peterson <peregrine at openbrainstem.net> wrote:
>
>
> Which kind of programmer are you?  Which kind of management of programmers
> will you have/will you provide?  Sure, if there is dedicated IT staff that
> are responsible for deploying apps, then by all means let them set up your
> alpha test environment.  But developers really should set up and maintain
> their own boxes if you want them to produce workable code.  This works by
> the
> embarrassment factor, when their code won't run on the alpha test
> platform.


Ouch!  Many have and do work in environments that are not as "perfect" as
what you describe and for some reason their code still seems to work and is
indeed workable.  I don't think they're embarrased by their work either.

-- 
Scott Hill

"May you solve interesting problems" - Author Unknown
"A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -
Sir Winston Churchill


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