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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 10:16:39PM +0000, Jose Bernardo Silva wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 14:02:00 -0800, Andrew wrote
> > all this hashed out in person. We figure out where we are going 
> > after 1.0 (new sorcery?, reorganization? etc). And most importantly, 
> > we compromise, Hamish wants to possibly postpone our March 1 release 
> > date, so we push it back and instead of crying about our precious 
> > roadmap, we can move on, and make this distribution something we can 
> > be proud of.
> > 
> > Just my 2 cents.
> 
> Well, 
> 
> We once had a roadmap with a 1.0 release date that was forgotten and
> renegotiated when it was found to be unatainable. We can do that again, if 
> it
> really needs to be done. I'd rather have the hardware detection in the ISO,
> too, but...
> Apache style, I vote +0.
 
I never really understood the rationale for a time based release
schedule before 1.0. Time based releases are great for software that's
already well spread, but i think a 1.0 release should be based on
features, not some random date.
I also agree with the idea of having more meetings, not of all
developers at the same time but smaller ones. Some developers never
showed up to a meeting, with more and smaller meetings that would
probably change, as not everyone is available at the same times.

Oh, and a note to all developers: please show up on irc sometimes. You
don't have to be always on like i am (after all not everyones an irc
addict ;), but being there every now and then greatly enhances the work
between sections, and a real conversation is much better to solve issues
than email most of the time.

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