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Re: testing and no release schedule



Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:
> On 26-Mar-04, 14:07 (CST), Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de> wrote: 

>> 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 impression is that this was a good way.

> The kernel has someone with the power to say "Yes, this change goes
> in", and "No, this change must wait". No one in Debian has that power.
> Anytime someone tries to take such a position, there's a lot of whining
> about cabals and dictators and abuse of power.
[...]

Have you got references for this with respect to release managment in
Debian? Usually the cabal-thingy comes up in Debian when somebody is
doing stuff without communicating.
             cu andreas



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