Netscape 6.0 is finally going into its first public beta. There never was a version 5.0. The last major release, version 4.0, was released almost three years ago. Three years is an awfully long tim…
It’s mostly stopping the world to re-write everything from scratch that is a mistake.
Good practice is to refactor the codebase until it’s modular (if it’s not already sufficiently modular), and then proceed to replace modules gradually until you reach your desired state of re-writtenness.
This has the benefits of actually getting you up to speed with maintenance over time without having to halt new feature development, giving you the best of both worlds.
It’s mostly stopping the world to re-write everything from scratch that is a mistake.
Good practice is to refactor the codebase until it’s modular (if it’s not already sufficiently modular), and then proceed to replace modules gradually until you reach your desired state of re-writtenness.
This has the benefits of actually getting you up to speed with maintenance over time without having to halt new feature development, giving you the best of both worlds.