Re: The Importance of Being Frozen

["Bowie J. Poag" <bpoag comcast net>]

Jeff,

You forgot one.


UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER:  A pre-historic caveman, who, upon being revived
from a frozen block of ice,  becomes a successful defense attorney. He goes
on to win an unusually high number of cases, due to the fact that the
prosecution underestimates both his intelligence, and his grasp of
modern-age ideas.  Beneath his charming exterior lies an angry, drunken
cynic who knows he's pulling a fast one on his contemporaries. By offering
himself up as nothing more than a humble savage,  the Unfrozen Caveman
Lawyer uses his uniquely witty brand of down-to-earth common sense to win
courtroom victories for his clients. In one word: Sassy!

Please add this to your release schedule notes.

Cheers,
Bowie




>
>   FEATURE FROZEN: No new features, functionality or modules can be added
to
>     the 2.1.x branch. Frozen as of Oct 31st, it is *extremely* unlikely
that
>     the release team will accept anything further - there has been a *lot*
>     of time to get stuff in before now.
>
>   API/ABI FROZEN: No API/ABI changes or additions to platform libraries
may
>     be made on the 2.1.x branch without permission from two members of the
>     release team. Frozen as of Nov 27th.
>
>   UI FROZEN: No user interface changes may be made on the 2.1.x branch
>     without permission from two members of the release team. Frozen as of
>     Dec 1st (there was a period of flexibility for getting only UI Review
>     bug fixes checked in - it is *over*).
>
>
> So, what is with this bluntness, in a manner you wouldn't expect from the
> happy and cuddly release team? Check our calendar:
>
>
>      November 2002
>   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>                  (1) 2   RELEASE: GNOME 2.1.2 Snapshot
>    3  4  5  6  7  8  9
>   10 11 12 13 14 15 16
>   17 18 19 20 21(22)23
>   24 25 26 27 28 29(30)  FREEZE: UI and API/ABI Freeze
>
>      December 2002
>   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>    1  2  3  4  5  6  7
>    8 (9)10(11)12 13 14   DUE/RELEASE: GNOME 2.1.4 Snapshot
.-------------.
>  -15(16)17(18)19-20-21-  DUE/RELEASE: GNOME 2.1.5 Snapshot--/ YOU ARE HERE
/
>   22 23 24 25 26 27 28
`-------------'
>   29 30(31)              FREEZE: Hard String Freeze for i18n
>
>       January 2003
>   Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
>             1  2  3  4
>    5 (6) 7 (8) 9 10 11   DUE/RELEASE: GNOME 2.1.90 RC1
>   12 13 14 15 16 17 18
>   19(20)21(22)23 24 25   DUE/RELEASE: GNOME 2.1.91 RC2
>   26(27)28(29)30 31      DUE/RELEASE: GNOME 2.2.0 Final
>
>
> Realistically, that's less than FIVE WEEKS to final release quality. We're
> doing very well, but our focus has to be on bugfixing now, rather than UI
> changes and polish or platform changes.
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jeff
>
> --
>        "I think of the last year or two as being the biggest private
>          investment in public works in decades." - Andrew Tridgell
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