Re: Reminder of dates

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

> On 14Nov2001 10:20AM (+0000), Mark McLoughlin wrote:
> > 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?
> 
> As Sander said, 1.4 was more or less feature complete, so any new
> features not ready by the 23rd don't go in.
>  
> > 	I know we want this release out fast, but to me, this schedule
> > merely sets us up for failure.
> 
> It does look like the porting effort might not be far enough along in
> time for the upcoming beta. In that case releasing prematurely would
> be foolish.
> 

And until recently, it was really hard to say anything definate about even
estimating that.

> The release team will review this and adjust the schedule if needed.
> 
> However, blowing out the API freeze and feature freeze dates will only
> make the slippage WORSE. Therefore, while we may adjust the release
> dates, I do not foresee us moving the freeze dates, especially not
> ones that have already happened.
> 

And it would definately help if peopel said why they think thi or that is
unrealistic.

> 
> Regards,
> 
> Maciej
> 
> 

	Sander

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