Re: bzzzt

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On Feb 12, 2008 8:50 AM, Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:24:12AM -0500, Luis Villa wrote:
> > The six month release cycle is not an all-controlling god, and bugs in
> > one known, specific subsystem are not undebuggable without wide
> > release (which was KDE's most valid excuse). If it isn't ready for
> > wide use, it isn't and shouldn't be a GNOME .0. It isn't 'too late' to
> > decide that; you're the QA team, dammit- it is your job to say no
> > right up to the very last minute, and demand extra time to protect the
> > users.
>
> I don't understand the message. There is missing functionality. The
> focus should be to implement that on time. Not sure what there is to QA
> about functionality that we know is missing.

_quality_ includes functionality. If the quality isn't good enough for
our users (because either stability or functionality is missing) then
say 'hey, we can't release this' not 'well, it sucks, but we'll
release it anyway.'

Luis