Talk:Upstream (software development)

Latest comment: 15 years ago by Glacialfury

IIRC, the terms upstream/downstream are also used for something i'd call the responsibility path in an open and separated software development process (i.e. the core developer group of a software project is in upstream direction from a distributer of the software). I'm not absolutely sure if this convention is common enough to go into wp. --85.72.38.226, 12:02, 20 Oct 2005 (UTC)

this was the definition i was looking for when i came to the page. 130.88.253.39 15:58, 2 February 2006 (UTC)Reply
me too 142.59.153.99 04:45, 12 May 2006 (UTC)Reply
It seems to me that this the term is used often enough to be relevant for inclusion which is why I took the liberty to add it. --Abraxa 13:35, 15 March 2007 (UTC)Reply
The Jargon file has a useful entry - http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/U/upstream.html I am rewriting the software development section to also include this adjective as pertaining to bugs, which follow the same "responsibility path" (this term being too unfamiliar to mention, but "responsibility" generally filling a deficiency in the original entry. JeR (talk) 03:55, 25 March 2008 (UTC)Reply
Likewise - this definition is exactly what I needed. Glacialfury (talk) 15:39, 26 April 2009 (UTC)Reply

There is also a definition of upstream/downstream in RFC2616, which relates to the direction in which data is flowing for HTTP Chrisg67 14:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)Reply