[haiku-development] Re: Voting aftermath

While I would prefer a release date be set ( even a very late one ), it may not 
be a good idea as pointed out.

I am hoping that Alpha 1 can be out by Dec 30, 2008, or sooner, but if not, the 
world will still go on.

I believe a Code Freeze of Oct 1 would be a good idea so that focus can go 
towards working on Alpha release so that it can be done quicker.  The Alpha 
release should attract devs, users, volunteers and/or donations.

For Python, there were a few devs - bonefish, stippi, axeld, mmu_man, who did 
not vote, maybe because they were undecided?  I would say to skip Python for 
Alpha 1.  Better to be discussed for later releases if people believe it will 
be needed. 


Later, Nick


> > 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.
> 
> CU, Ingo

_________________________________________________________________

Other related posts: