[haiku-development] Re: Voting aftermath

2008/9/25 Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>:
>
> On 2008-09-25 at 22:06:34 [+0200], Michael Phipps
> <michael.phipps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Setting a release date is *not* a good idea. Think about all of the press
>> that you will get. Slashdot, osnews, reddit, etc. Then, if it doesn't
>> happen (for whatever reason...)? Yikes! I learned early on that "when it is
>> done" is the best of all possible answers.
>
> +1
>
> After all this is a volunteer project. Even if we could more or less
> precisely estimate how many hours of work the remaining tasks would take,
> it's virtually impossible for people to guarantee that they can invest a
> certain amount of spare time. Real life would almost certainly interfere and
> ruin all the beautiful plans.
>
> When all blocking issues are solved we can set a deadline, create a release
> branch, and only make changes in it that resolve bugs or "polish" things.
>

+1

Regards,
-- 
Salvatore Benedetto (a.k.a. emitrax)
Student of Computer Engineer
University of Pisa
www.haiku-os.it

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