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.\" MANIFEST: AUUGN Feb'98 Article
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.nr PS 72
.nr VS 73000
.LP
.ad c
Motivation
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.ad l
.sp 0.3i
.nr PS 36
.nr VS 37
.XP
\(bu
Common problems include
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\(sq constant adjustment
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\(sq multiple pass builds
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\(sq unreliable results
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\(sq very long build times
.XP
\(bu
You don't need to have these problems.
.bp
.nr PS 24
.nr VS 25
.XP
\(bu
I wrote the paper as a result of E-Mail conversations with members of
some of the Internet projects teams I contribute to.  This revealed that
the concept was difficult to express succinctly.
.XP
\(bu
Common build problems include
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\(sq constant adjustment of the build scripts to make them work
.br
\(sq you need multiple pass builds before it builds successfully
.br
\(sq you get unreliable results from your builds
.br
\(sq You have very long build times, just to work out that little or
nothing needs to be done.
.XP
\(bu
If you can't build your product, you don't \fIhave\fP a product.
.XP
\(bu
Not all software teams have all of these problems,
but most have some of them.
.XP
\(bu
You don't need to have these problems: they have a common cause, and
there \fIis\fP a solution.