nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom barry warsaw wrote think way alphas us much users vein think monthly alphas may also help means setting personal deadlines things working implement 26 bit wishywashy deadline vague point future doesnt provide much impetus sit spend afternoon evening getting done implement next 26 alpha cut 3 weeks 2 days 16 hours real concrete target aimed even im person knows im aiming given bug fix feature also motivate least monthly review buildbot status already motivating push towards making buildbots reliable indicator health source tree sure may mostly internal milestones third parties waiting featurecomplete alpha first beta think decent chance approach turn beneficial cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 102642 1000 pythondev code freeze