On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Alec Warner <anta...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> I think part of Mike's point is that time and time again has proven >> that the way to a mans heart^H^H^H^H to get things fixed is to break >> them. The aforementioned example of a tracker open for months with no >> progress is an example of halted progress. If we waited to fix all >> known issues prior to launch, then we would never launch. This is very >> common in software development. Some features are v2 features, some >> bugs are not worth fixing. Some bugs we will fix with a patch >> post-launch; I don't see how this is any different. >> > > I agree with your point. I'm fine with setting deadlines and such, > but my main concern is that the first deadline shouldn't be two days > after it is announced.
The tracker has been open since July 4th. > > If the announcement were that we have a tracker and some languishing > bugs, and we'd like to push to get them closed in two weeks I'd feel > differently. I can't really say Mike is the shining example of how we should communicate; but then again, neither am I :) -A > > Rich >
