Re: Reminder of dates

[Mark McLoughlin <mark skynet ie>]

Hi,

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Telsa Gwynne wrote:

>   GNOME 2.0 Release Schedule
>
>     October 24  Package List FREEZE - package list for Gnome 2.0 finalized
>     October 31  PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2. Platform Alpha 2
>     November 2  RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Platform Alpha 2
>     November 2  API FREEZE - any further API changes must be individually
>                 approved [1]
>
>  -> YOU ARE HERE. (Imagine a large red blob, if you will.)
>
>
>     November 23 Feature FREEZE - no feature additions for core packages w/o
>                 approval of release team [1]

	Am I alone in thinking that it is completely ridiculous to
even hope that in nine days time we will have a feature complete
desktop?

	I know we want this release out fast, but to me, this schedule
merely sets us up for failure.

Cheers,
Mark.