Re: Did GNOME go 1.0 too early?

[i2ambler <i2ambler bellsouth net>]

What benefits/bug squashes do I get when I update from 99.8 to 1.0? will it be
worth my trouble, or should I wait for an even more stable release? I seem to
be running 99.8 w/ E dr15 w/ no problem, other than a few GMC crashes and wierd
panel problems. I would hate to blow up my current gnome install by trying to
install something I dont particularly need to.

Jason


On Thu, 04 Mar 1999, Jason Tackaberry wrote:
> > I understand the wish to advocate and all, but these complaints are too
> > much about whether or not the release is a good political move and not
> 
> The point to OSS is that it is immune to political pressure.  OSS developers
> call their software 1.0 when they feel it's ready, and not a minute before
> that.  Take E for example: it's been a DR for a bazillion years.  I think
> it's probably complete enough to call 1.0, but raster doesn't.  He wants 1.0
> to fall under his definition of complete, whatever that may be.  Perhaps
> E is the other extreme: that is, instead of releasing 1.0 too early, he might
> never release it at all.  Still, OSS isn't supposed to fall victim to the
> same sorts of problems commercial software does.  OSS is peer reviewed; 
> OSS is high quality; OSS should be publically released when the bugs are
> minimal.  Maybe as Linux gets more and more commercialized, this is bound
> to change.  
> 
> I'm not convinced that another month or two of bug fixing and smoothing the
> jagged edges out would not have been the best thing to do.  I realize that
> announcing Gnome 1.0 during LinuxExpo is good for publicity, but do we really
> want to focus attention to buggy software?
> 
> Feature-wise, Gnome is near perfect for a 1.0.  But IMO, the nasty bugs that
> are in it now should be enough to have kept it from going 1.0.
> 
> > enough about the fact that this release will cause GNOME to get better
> > faster.
> 
> I'm not convinced of this.  The majority of the mostly users who are likely to
> help make GNOME better (i.e. those who will suggest features and submit bug
> reports) are probably using GNOME now.  I'd say the users who will try Gnome
> 1.0 are those who, after a few crashes, will not bother with it anymore,
> let alone submit bug reports.
> 
> 
> Of course, this whole thread is kind of moot.  GNOME is 1.0 now and there's not
> much we can do about it except ride the wave and see where it takes us.  (It
> should be very interesting, at least.)  The original intent of my post was to
> see what the GNOME developers thought about this release.  Havoc replied to a
> message in this thread, but he talked about something else.  I need the GNOME
> developers to ooze their confidence on me so that I can sleep at night. :)
> 
> Regards,
> Jason.
> 
> 
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