It seems (based somewhat on personal experience) that Frost is currently having some difficulties due to spamming. It has been argued that since we bundle Frost, we are responsible to ensure that it is working well, and thus we must delay our release until it can be fixed to deal with this problem.
This is simply unacceptable. The point of a release is to draw a line in the sand, to force people to shift their focus from adding new features to ensuring that existing features work. Setting a requirement that these third party apps work well before we release is effectively adding a huge feature to our set of responsibilities at the very last minute, exactly what a release is supposed to prevent. I can see an argument, however, that by bundling these apps, we are endorsing them, and if they don't work well, that this could reflect negatively on us. I therefore recommend that for this release, we de-bundle Frost, and any other app that currently isn't working well, unless it can be fixed in time for the release. The release should *NOT* be delayed for these apps - we've had months, even years of delays, someone has to draw a line in the sand. This means that we get a Freenet release in a reasonable timeframe, and hopefully it will help to focus the minds of developers of those apps. Thoughts? Ian. -- Email: ian at uprizer.com Cell: +1 512 422 3588 Skype: sanity
