David is trying to argue that the goals for Sage-5.0 should be
* Official Solaris 10 support (all tests pass)
TARGET DATE: Sometime in March?
*instead* of the following:
* 90% doctest coverage score (=write about 1500 doctests)
* Official Solaris 10 support (all tests pass)
* Official Cygwin support (all tests pass)
* Close _all_ tickets listed at
http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/wiki/stab1
TARGET DATE: Sometime in May.
I vote -1 to this. As a user, I expect a major release (defined as a
version number bump) to include exciting new toys. Solaris support
does not *in my opinion* qualify as an exciting new toy. I anticipate
a Slashdot story announcing the new release, followed by a surge of
interest and downloads. It is *my opinion* that Solaris support is
not an exciting new feature that the resulting publicity should be
promoting. If anything, it is *my opinion* that Cygwin support is
much more likely to appeal to these potential new users, and would
warrant the publicity.
Nick
PS. Emphasis added because I do not want to fan any flames -- please
respond accordingly.
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