Re: Reminder of dates

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Mark McLoughlin wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Telsa Gwynne wrote:
> 
> >   GNOME 2.0 Release Schedule
> >
> >     October 24  Package List FREEZE - package list for Gnome 2.0 finalized
> >     October 31  PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2. Platform Alpha 2
> >     November 2  RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Platform Alpha 2
> >     November 2  API FREEZE - any further API changes must be individually
> >                 approved [1]
> >
> >  -> YOU ARE HERE. (Imagine a large red blob, if you will.)
> >
> >
> >     November 23 Feature FREEZE - no feature additions for core packages w/o
> >                 approval of release team [1]
> 
> 	Am I alone in thinking that it is completely ridiculous to
> even hope that in nine days time we will have a feature complete
> desktop?
> 

No. 1.4 was a more or less feature complete release. If you have not added
a feature by the date, you can't add any features over these present in
gnome 1.4 - its as simple as that. This shpould also not come as a suprise
to anybody who has been following gnome2 related mails at all.

> 	I know we want this release out fast, but to me, this schedule
> merely sets us up for failure.
> 

What were you doing when it was published with no opposing voices?

> Cheers,
> Mark.
> 

	Sander

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