Re: The nature of the Bonobo freeze.

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com> writes:

> 
> The freeze we had agreed on was an API freeze, not a bug fix freeze,
> nor an improvement freeze.  That was the extent of the promise we made
> because Eazel insisted on a promise.
> 
> My list includes only bug fixes, and the only API breakage from the
> Nautilus perspective is the few lines that need to be removed from
> your code (streams).
> 
> Then again, as I said, software releases slip as I said before, so I
> am not sure that promising anything in the context of software release
> schedules makes any sense.
> 
> It strikes me as odd to have to `promise' something in the context of
> software releases.  If the software is not ready, I can not release
> the code.  I do not want to see Bonobo 1.0 be another GNOME 1.0, I
> learned from the past mistakes.
> 
> Now, as I said before, I told Andy on the phone that we would change
> the Stream interface, we just did not have the time to put Dietmar's
> changes in on schedule.  Too bad, because they were really important. 
> 
> It is not like I have `deceived and betrayed' anyone here.  I am just
> doing my job.

Are you saying you did not mean your promise?

> 
> I do not know why you insist on this branch.  Until the software is
> ready to be branched, it will not be branched. 

A branch is used to give an outlet for unstable changes that are not
needed for the release. If there is not a branch, there is a risk of
such changes getting checked in on the stable version.

 - Maciej