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To: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
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	Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za>
Subject: Re: Release schedules
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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.

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