Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:21:21 +0100 From: cpghost <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: Release schedules Message-ID: <20081112152121.GA1004@phenom.cordula.ws> In-Reply-To: <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 01:01:47PM +0100, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 12:59:24PM +0200, Jonathan McKeown wrote: > > I've been biting my tongue about this because I'm not sure that I can offer > > any help or useful suggestions, but here goes... > > > > What on earth is going on with release scheduling? > > Two words: volunteer project > > I would propose to do away with the release schedule altogether, or make > it very succinct; > > next release: when it's done. Actually, it's not so bad that the PRERELEASE phase is so long: in this time, more bugs are being fixed that would have normally been lingering in the pr database. Quality is much more important than deadlines, IMHO; and those lenghty code freeze phases are a blessing since they help stabilize the code base. -cpghost. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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