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Hello Thomas T. Veldhouse, |
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> > a) gentoo is not about releases. |
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> I understand that. BUT ... it was announced long ago that there was a |
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> quarterly release plan starting in 2005. It was followed for only one |
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> year? |
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That's right. It was quickly discovered that forcing a quarterly release |
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schedule on releng was impractical, so they switched to bi-annual |
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releases from 2006. 2007.0 was originally scheduled for release in |
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February, but the profile has only just hit the portage tree. The actual |
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release should not be too far off now. |
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Aside from the new hardware situation, there is another reason for |
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release, especially on schedule ones, publicity. Magazines like to |
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include new releases on their cover discs and want to carry reviews of |
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new releases (not betas). I was asked to review 2007.0 three months ago, |
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based on the original release schedule, I'm still waiting to do so. That |
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is lost positive publicity for Gentoo, at a time when it is getting |
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plenty of publicity and precious little of it positive. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Don't put all your hypes in one home page. |
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