In message <003801c277bf$9856cf00$0100a8c0 at cyr>, u Uler <uler at radiks.net> writes >Wouldn't everybody be happier if you gave them more time to think about >things? We all want 0.5 to come out, but what is the hurry? > >Right now, we could decide on a date. The date can be one or two weeks >away, but it will be a fixed date. Everyone works towards that date, and >there are no surprises. > >If the windows installer is not done by then, do not release it with >0.5, but at least that gives everyone some time to test the release >candidate and work everything over. > >How about November 1. It's a Friday, so everyone can go out and have a >bear after the release. ^^^^ In this country, a domesticated ungulate would be a more conventional choice. I agree about the timescale though, and we should all be asked to use the release candidate rather than/as well as the latest snapshot until then, apart from testing the windows installer.
> I know it seems like a long time from now, but >that will build up the suspense, right? (That's a joke) > >Whatever you decide, good luck with the 0.5. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: devl-admin at freenetproject.org >[mailto:devl-admin at freenetproject.org] >> On Behalf Of Ian Clarke >> Sent: Saturday, 19 October, 2002 16:18 >> To: devl at freenetproject.org >> Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] 0.5 release - Wednesday >> >> > It is my understanding that the mozilla project does *exactly* what >> > Oskar suggests (with the exception that their check-in freeze >periods >> > are a *month* now). >> >> So whenever a bug is discovered during that time, the clock is reset >to >> 1 month from that time? I doubt that very much. >> >> > You also mention in another post that the windows installer is >> > largely irrelevent. While I am no fan of Windows and don't run it >> > myself, that is a very foolish thought process. The installation >> > process is a major part of any release. >> >> My point is that it isn't a blocker. >> >> > Talking to people that used to use Netscape, Netscape's premature >> > release of 6.0 has done more damage then good. It doesn't take >> > much for people to turn away from a product. Netscape learned >> > their lesson (that they had forgotten). So should Freenet learn >> > from other's mistakes ... we don't have to make them all ourselves. >> >> Firstly, Netscape 6.0 wasn't a beta, Freenet is. The last stable >> release of Netscape actually worked, unlike Freenet 0.3. >> >> Explain why we should continue to recommend 0.3 as our stable release >> when it doesn't even work any more, and current CVS is infinitely more >> stable? >> >> Is that fair to our users? >> >> Ian. >> >> -- >> Ian Clarke >ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] >> Latest Project >http://cematics.com/kanzi >> Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ > > > >_______________________________________________ >devl mailing list >devl at freenetproject.org >http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- Roger Hayter _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
