Re: GNOME 1.4 Schedule Change

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Karl Gaffney <Karl Gaffney Sun COM> writes:

> Maciej,
> 
> > * 23-03-2001 - Release Team meets to decide if RC2 is needed. Other
> >   interested parties may join.
> 
> I'd like to propsoe that we move this decision back till the 26-03-2001.
> 
> Given that the release of RC1 is 16-03 (which is a friday), it's likely
> that testers may not have a build to test till 20-03, this leaves only
> 3 days of testing to decide if the RC1 is of sufficient quality not to
> need a RC2. I believe we need more time.
> 
> What do people think?
> 

The down side is that it's best to announce slipping as early as
possible; four days before the release, and two days before the due
date is pushing it. But I'm willing to go for that if people agree
that's a good idea.

 - Maciej