Re: Slow development cycle

From: Kenneth C. Arnold (kcarnold@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun May 28 2000 - 14:58:33 EST


> I think we did; we have fallen into that pit before. It's very easy
> to get seduced by "one more thing"; especially after a previous long
> cycle where things have piled up.

So go ahead and write the necessary patches, and by the time the next
stable version is released, the new development will already be half
done. That was my point.

> However, code freeze after two months is completely unrealistic
> IMNSHO. The big thing, and I know a lot of people have asked for
> this, is to call a code freeze and sticking to it.

Yup. I was talking about feature freeze. But both need sticking power.

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