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/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"