cathedral
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- noun
- /kəˈθiːdrəl/
- Jargon
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modelo catedralicio
- In our organization, we implement a cathedral structure to control releases and streamline the development process.
Examples
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Using a cathedral approach, the team restricted contributions to a select group of experts to maintain high quality.
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What does it matter if the source is open if it's still developed cathedral-style?
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You know, I think this goes back to Eric Raymond's Cathedral and the Bazaar, the cathedral model.
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Thus these guys built magnificent cathedrals, based on maintaining a firm top-down control on the process.
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If a successful open-source project doesn't accept much outside patching, isn't it just a cathedral, albeit with a freely available blueprint?
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The developers adopted a cathedral model for the software project, ensuring every detail was meticulously planned.
Compounds
A famous Gothic cathedral in northern France with large medieval stained glass windows
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word cathedral comes from the Greek word kathedra 'seat'. A helpful way to remember its use in software is to think of a real cathedral: it is planned and built slowly by a small group, so a 'cathedral' model means careful, top-down work with few people allowed to add changes.