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diff --git a/share/doc/papers/relengr/1.t b/share/doc/papers/relengr/1.t new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6fbe287 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/doc/papers/relengr/1.t @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1989 The Regents of the University of California. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)1.t 5.1 (Berkeley) 4/17/91 +.\" +.NH +Introduction +.PP +The Computer Systems Research Group (\c +.SM CSRG ) +has always been a small group of software developers. +This resource limitation requires careful software-engineering management +as well as careful coordination of both +.SM CSRG +personnel and the members of the general community who +contribute to the development of the system. +.PP +Releases from Berkeley alternate between those that introduce +major new facilities and those that provide bug fixes and efficiency +improvements. +This alternation allows timely releases, while providing for refinement, +tuning, and correction of the new facilities. +The timely followup of ``cleanup'' releases reflects the importance +.SM CSRG +places on providing a reliable and robust system on which its +user community can depend. +.PP +The development of the Berkeley Software Distribution (\c +.SM BSD ) +illustrates an \fIadvantage\fP of having a few +principal developers: +the developers all understand the entire system thoroughly enough +to be able to coordinate their own work with +that of other people to produce a coherent final system. +Companies with large development organizations find +this result difficult to duplicate. +This paper describes the process by which +the development effort for \*(b3 was managed. +.[ +design and implementation +.] |