Re: Evolution 2.0 and GNOME 2.6

[Telsa Gwynne <hobbit aloss ukuu org uk>]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2004 at 11:42:49AM +1100 or thereabouts, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 11:20, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote:
> [...]
> The main point here is that we do time-based releases, not
> feature-based. We ship what is ready at the time we release, 
> not hold back the release until stuff is ready.

When we were in the feature-based, not time-based, release
days, there were some, erm "quite long" delays at times. We
have had periods a lot longer than six months of providing 
absolutely nothing in the way of a co-ordinated release
which people could download and hope to install. 

By comparison, six months and a clear idea of dates sounds 
eminently reasonable to me!

> Maintainers who choose to hold back their products because they
> deem them not ready get my highest respect: they are sacrificing 
> six months of high visibility for their product in an effort to 
> maintain the quality of their product and the desktop. 

What Malcolm said. 

Telsa