On 16/01/12 16:13 -0800, John Kozubik wrote:
Julian, On Mon, 16 Jan 2012, Julian Elischer wrote:It pretty much boils down to one thing.. man power..Wouldn't there be more manpower available for more frequent minor releases if the project were not undertaking two simultaneous "production" releases ? Specifically, wouldn't it have been feasible to be at 8.4 right now if much of 2011 had not been spent breaking ground on 9.0 ? Further, isn't the lack of focus, or "polish" of the current release also impacted by these decisions ? Of course there is a limited amount of manpower, but for the points I raised that was a symptom, not a cause...
This would be a different argument if all the devs were paid a salary. In many instances the devs in question wouldn't have the motivation to work on the maintenence release, in others the work is sponsored but is moving in a direction that is fundamentally incompatible with the 8.x release. I'm not trying to refute your input, just offering some insight about how it may not be strictly accurate. -- richo || Today's excuse: Please excuse me, I have to circuit an AC line through my head to get this database working. http://blog.psych0tik.net
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