From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 12 19:49:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BA42106564A for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:49:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f21.google.com (mail-ew0-f21.google.com [209.85.219.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A73798FC18 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:49:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mkhitrov@gmail.com) Received: by ewy14 with SMTP id 14so2247854ewy.19 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:49:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=jXSbx9bS7BSYk3KORKwjjsf4EIYYr+jfXXx2YT3OkPc=; b=aQI5PZZ4KgFxQwLjCyU0Y3DXRdglgeSdTwg0upWmHxj9ssj7hhmvA/hlVvEoYdg0og eMOQLJ6grGJByXDVhAvc77YYaqPiiiYLy1JRrbWW0KKdQKtFDj3P4AdmsQMGVDXGj0cD U7yESd0oDpEgYcJ4ZroRXgnh93J6AkYgRim5I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=hLejOl3ZK9vkodz/SAJO4R1m156PBlFWUNYI72A3smtxb5ath4I2Pa9YM0042N4XnV MkErR6ROZeJCU0V0mazeHS3vs4Z613DJpn54u1giOGlav2C92+TSr0BoQRKFhrz8vWXr mX9C2Y09J0aJDI/p3DG5MIOYNjFPWiivZoP1k= Received: by 10.210.126.18 with SMTP id y18mr1249511ebc.164.1229111367265; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:49:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.117.14 with HTTP; Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:49:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <26ddd1750812121149r6581ace1gec21e415afe3deca@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:49:27 -0500 From: "Maxim Khitrov" To: "Glen Barber" In-Reply-To: <4ad871310812121128y18db1c19n8aa45dcc75794739@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <18754.42851.295211.155980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4ad871310812121028m4e368da4n69e06d592e312eb0@mail.gmail.com> <26ddd1750812121113o1590d54r9962ec3d22a20bdb@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310812121128y18db1c19n8aa45dcc75794739@mail.gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Release schedules X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:49:29 -0000 On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Glen Barber wrote: > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Maxim Khitrov wrote: >> For example, RC2 builds were scheduled for 29 September 2008. When >> that day comes (or same week perhaps), whoever has the ability to >> change the release schedule page should update it regardless of what >> happened. If RC2 builds started, that should be reflected in the >> 'actual' column. Otherwise, if it's a minor change in the timeline, >> put the new expected date in. As is the case of 7.1 release, if the >> person honestly has no idea when RC2 will happen, put in 'December', >> 'January', 'Second half of January'... 'Sometime next year' if it's >> that uncertain. Anything at all; it takes 5 minutes to do. In the >> worst case, your estimate will need to be updated again in a month or >> two. In the best case, the release will be made before the expected >> date. I, for one, promise not to complain about that. :) >> > > If the sacrifice is an out-of-date column in a webpage while bugs are > being worked out, in my opinion, that's fine with me. (IMHO) My point was that it shouldn't be one or the other. Taking a few minutes to update the web page does not interfere with the debugging process. It also doesn't force developers to follow that timeline. It is simply an indication to the users what their expectations should be at the present time. - Max