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Development Methodology¶
To the extent possible, PFLOTRAN employs agile software development. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development states:
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
It is understood that individual projects developing PFLOTRAN may value (or require) items on the right more than on the left to meet software quality requirements. But the items on the left are still highly valued and play important roles in the PFLOTRAN developer community. The objective of PFLOTRAN’s agile methodology is to continually develop and evolve PFLOTRAN in support of its open source community needs. To this end, PFLOTRAN embraces tools such as distributed version control, cloud-based repository hosting, and continuous integration services to preserve software integrity.
