From c921b5b179de7887ab0131f273d3f5efaa2515c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:36:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] More concise description of bazaar development --- entries/bazaar.txt | 21 ++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/entries/bazaar.txt b/entries/bazaar.txt index 1f46761..93295b9 100644 --- a/entries/bazaar.txt +++ b/entries/bazaar.txt @@ -1,14 +1,13 @@ bazaar -n.,adj. In 1997, after meditating on the success of Linux for three years, -the Jargon File's own editor ESR wrote an analytical paper on hacker culture -and development models titled The Cathedral and the Bazaar. The main -argument of the paper was that Brooks's Law is not the whole story; given -the right social machinery, debugging can be efficiently parallelized across -large numbers of programmers. The title metaphor caught on (see also -cathedral ), and the style of development typical in the Linux community is -now often referred to as the bazaar mode. Its characteristics include -releasing code early and often, and actively seeking the largest possible -pool of peer reviewers. After 1998, the evident success of this way of doing -things became one of the strongest arguments for open source. +Analogy of software development methodology. Software developed in +public according to normative FOSS praxis is said more like the +chaotic and more organic trading style of a bazaar than the +pristine top-down architecture of a cathedral created by visionary +engineers. The analogy is made in a 1999 book by Eric Raymond, +called The Cathedral and the Bazaar. +Characteristics of bazaar style development include releasing code +early and often, treating users as co-developers and making extensive +use of internet for project communications and interaction with +code repositories. \ No newline at end of file