Re: [Fwd: Re: gnome 2.21 schedule.]

["Quim Gil" <qgil gnome org>]

I would see perhaps a reason to change dates if we were dealing with a
finished product people can just grab and use. Press et al at Cebit
will be equally un/interested for 'a sneak preview right after the
official release, on time as usual'

Changing our schedule because of an event might set wrong message and
higher expectations.

On 10/3/07, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> Le mercredi 03 octobre 2007, à 09:47 +0200, Dave Neary a écrit :
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > i'd also like to see a decision on this so we can finalize the schedule.
> > > should this also be brought up at the gnome-de mailing list for a wider
> > > feedback by the german team?
> >
> > To get a decision on moving the release date, you'd need to be talking
> > to the release team, not the marketing team.
>
> Heh. We're having this thread because the release team is asking what
> the marketing team thinks about this ;-)
>
> > My personal opinion: changing the release date for one particular
> > conference doesn't make sense. There are conferences all year round. Why
> > not have a release in the end of January so that we can announce at
> > Solutions Linux in Paris? So I don't think this is a compelling reason.
>
> It's only a one week change in the schedule for one really really big
> conference. That's why the change has been proposed.
> (I'm not saying "we should do it", just explaining why it is being
> considered)
>
> Vincent
>
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