Re: The nature of unstable (was: Danger Will Robinson! Danger!)

[Paul M Sargent <pauls@3dlabs.com>]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 09:08:43AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote:
> > 
> > Woody should be running 2.3 or pre-2.4. That should have been among the first
> > things to change.
> > 
> 
> We are knee deep in a release cycle. We should not be expending our
> resources on woody right now.

Ohh, Agreed. Potato is number one. No question.

> We should be making potato the best that it
> can be. Every release cycle, peoples obsession with "this new thing" or
> "that latest beta" is what makes the cycle so drawn out. 

All I was saying was that 'that new thing' should be included in the
unstable tree as soon as possible. Add things early, not late in the release
cycle. That way the most water is under the bridge by the time the release
comes.

I doubt every one is working on Potato. To those people who are working on
Woody I would say 'don't wait for the upstream developers to say things are
finished before you put them in.'

If anything I'm trying to back you up, don't mess with Potato. Save it all
for woody, but get it in early.

Paul
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