On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 04:38:10PM +0100, Adrian von Bidder wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 15.35, Steve Langasek wrote: > > we don't exactly have a strong history of being able to pull off > > timely releases > > Did Debian even try?
No, not since I've been around. > I didn't follow the woody release too closely, being a Debian newbie at the > time, so I don't know. But - this was my impression - from the start, > sarge was prepared with the 'we release when we're ready' idea, which makes > everybody feel that they have more than enough time. Yup. There's never been a sense of urgency. The RM's throw out release dates and goals every once in a while, but no one seems to take those seriously. And probably for good reason. For the second straight release, when we've gotten to a point that it seemed we were nearly ready for a release, we then discover we have no security autobuilders. The release then gets pushed back a few more months, while the plebeian developers sit around twiddling their thumbs unable to help wondering why the hell no one thought to set up the autobuilders in the 2+ years we've been preparing a release. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you!
