[Swift-devel] Coaster capabilities for release 0.9

[Mihael Hategan]

On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 11:42 -0500, Michael Wilde wrote:
> I agree - automated should be the default.
> 
> I prefer, Mihael, that you get the work now underway completed as you 
> have it envisioned - with the caveat that if the automation process 
> looks like it will exceed the ~10 day estimate you gave yesterday,

I think I said 1-2 weeks of effort, which includes more uncertainty than
"10 days".

>  that 
> you raise a flag and discuss with the group what the difficulties and 
> alternatives are.
> 
> My view is:
> 
> - manual system that works OK: good
> - automated system that works poorly: bad

:)

> - automated system that works well: best
> 
> Automation of the core scheduler has proven to be hard, but has made 
> good progress.

I don't think the scehduler has changed much, and I don't think it was
hard. The problem I've seen was a misunderstanding of the problem rather
than a problem with the solution.