Re: testing and no release schedule

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 09:54:44AM -0600, Chad Walstrom wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 01:42:50AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > It's quite frustrating that there's no clear schedule towards Debian
> > 3.1 that includes a date for the beginning of the freeze.
> 
> Agreed.  It's frustrating, indeed.  Historically, Debian takes the Linux
> kernel strategy: "It's ready when it's ready."  Without schedules to
> commit to, Debian avoids the reputation of not releasing "on time".
>...

Halloween 2002 was announced as the date for the feature freeze for
kernel 2.6 months before, and after this date most effort was spent in 
stabilizing the kernel.

Looking at kernel 2.6 my impresion is that this was a good way.

cu
Adrian

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