more performance work?

James Westby jw+debian at jameswestby.net
Thu Nov 8 17:50:56 GMT 2007


On (08/11/07 22:41), Andrew Cowie wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-11-08 at 00:01 +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
> > Are there obvious things I'm missing, in terms of thinking about where
> > we should be putting our energies?
> 
> I wouldn't dream of suggesting that performance shouldn't have been the
> top priority for the last few months, and your progress there has been
> fantastic. Chatter in #bzr, along with various minor but long standing
> bugs, however, somewhat indicate that usability and Just Works factor
> has fallen behind the curve a bit.
> 
> Since "better user experience" is ultimately Bazaar's claim to
> distinction, I would encourage those contributing to the code to
> consider potentially giving some consideration toward taking your
> already awesome tool and further refining its friendliness, simplicity,
> conciseness, and ease of use.
> 

I agree.

There are also some bugs that while not critical for everybody, or with
easy workarounds are severely hampering some users.

I would support delaying 1.0 in order to spend time addressing bugs and
polishing up. With the announcement of a 1.0 release many people may try
out bzr, and if there are many known bugs they can trip over they will
have a bad impression, and could lead to plenty of bad press.

Thanks,

James

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