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On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:46, Jason Wever wrote: |
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> If this isn't the point Kurt was trying to make, then consider it mine. :) |
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> Historically, (not necessarily Gentoo) projects that have had a time based |
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> deadline over a "when it's done" type deadline end up suffering in |
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> features and overall quality to meet those deadlines. |
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> 2004.0 and 2004.1 do show signs of this. If we are to continue to do time |
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> based releases, it is imperative that *all* of the needed adjustments to |
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> the tools and ebuilds be made *before* we even begin into the release |
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> cycle (minus the obvious security update exceptions). Having these things |
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> change while builds happen is not good for QA and for meeting deadlines. |
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Yes, I agree with you here. |
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As Catalyst and baselayout (thanks to agriffis) begin to stabilize this |
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problem should begin to dissipate some. I am sorry that this has not |
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happened in the past as I have mostly been the one to cause change with |
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Catalyst, but with some more input, this will change in the future. |
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Regards, |
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//John |
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