Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 09:14:10 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, jarvis@guru.wow.aust.com, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, stox@enteract.com Subject: Re: what's in a name? Message-ID: <36E548D2.9172EBA9@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903031706210.1032-100000@m4.stox.sa.enteract.com> <4.1.19990308214810.03ea4650@localhost> <36E4DF56.952E946F@softweyr.com> <36E4F0D0.2A0B617B@newsguy.com>
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"Daniel C. Sobral" wrote:
>
> Wes Peters wrote:
> >
> > Brett Glass wrote:
> > >
> > > We need a more coordinated effort here. Releases need to be timed to coincide
> > > with events, and need to come out regularly. Want to form a press release
> > > "team?"
> >
> > God help us, Brett wants to become the John Young of FreeBSD.
> >
> > "Releases need to be timed to coincide with events?" How about "Releases
> > need to be timed to coincide with when the code is ready to go?"
>
> Now, Wes, I understand the impulse one might have of just
> contradicting Brett automatically on everything he says or proposes,
> lately, but...
>
> Our releases have never really been timed to coincide with code. I'd
> say they are usually done when "well, it has been pretty stable, and
> we haven't done one lately, so..." or "come on, people, we have been
> working on this for *ages*! either we release something _now_, or we
> might just as likely never do it (3.0 :)". I might be mistaken, and
> Jordan is invited to correct me if so... But I truly think we
> *could* time our releases to be more event-friendly.
This is no way to make code, and no way to live. Every time somebody
comes up with this brilliant idea: let's make a relase for XXX show!
invariable something goes wrong and everyone ends up killing themselves
or quitting over it. It's just not fair to ask volunteers to jump
into that fire.
It didn't hurt that LinuxExpo timed itself to coincide with the 3.1
Release, though. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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