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On 18 Jan 2012, at 22:59, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:

> On 18 January 2012 22:53, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> wrote:
>>=20
>> On 18 Jan 2012, at 22:50, Igor Mozolevsky wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 18 January 2012 22:31, Mark Blackman <mark@exonetric.com> wrote:
>>>=20
>>>> 10.0 - Nov 2013
>>>=20
>>> I think 10.0 should be released based on feature-readiness and not =
on
>>> some arbitrary date=85
>>=20
>> You can always redefine the feature-set to meet the date. :)
>=20
> Yes, but there's a difference between releasing because it's the right
> thing to do now vs releasing because it's about time=85

The terse-ness of the e-mail should have told you it wasn't particularly
serious. :)

However, it was based around 3 minor releases per year, fitting whatever
features make sense, FSVO "sense", into each one,  giving HEAD a bit=20
over two years to gestate into something you might one day  bet the farm=20=

on, which isn't a million miles from what happens anyway.

- Mark=20