Re: RELEASE timelines

1999-12-14 Thread Matthew Thyer
Yes 2.x went on for too long but I was counting 2.2.x as the equivalent of 3.x due to the change in the release schedule (mainly just a change in the numberring). The thing that worries me is the bad reputation that comes from releasing not quite ready releases. Basically the real way to run Fre

FW: RE: RELEASE timelines

1999-12-13 Thread will andrews
On 13-Dec-99 Matthew Thyer wrote: > Consider the 2.2 stream that went through many more releases (counting > 2.2.1 -> 2.2.8). Using that yardstick you'd expect 4.0 to stay in > development until 3.7 is released. I know 7 releases of the 2.2 stream > was considerred a few too many but surely we

Re: RELEASE timelines

1999-12-13 Thread Donn Miller
On Mon, 13 Dec 1999, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > Tell a computer to WIN and ... >... You lose Actually, I always thought there was something subliminal about typing "WIN". Funny how they didn't choose "WIND". It's like, you're typing "WIN", so you in

Re: RELEASE timelines

1999-12-13 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On 13-Dec-99 Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:34:28 +1030, Matthew Thyer wrote: > >> What is the big rush to 4.0-RELEASE ? > > We are relying on public awareness of the fact that .0 releases (in just > about any project) are _going_ to have issues. We need the 4 branch out >

Re: RELEASE timelines

1999-12-13 Thread Sheldon Hearn
On Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:34:28 +1030, Matthew Thyer wrote: > What is the big rush to 4.0-RELEASE ? We are relying on public awareness of the fact that .0 releases (in just about any project) are _going_ to have issues. We need the 4 branch out out there in the hands of the masses. Ciao, Sheldo