Though I have no vote, I would vote +1 on that. Big bangs usually end up backing out with a whimper. :-)
Ted Neward Java, .NET, XML Services Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing http://www.tedneward.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:build-dev- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter B. Kessler > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:38 PM > To: Andrew John Hughes > Cc: John Rose; build-dev@openjdk.java.net > Subject: Re: Quick confirmation > > Andrew John Hughes wrote: > > On 25/01/2008, John Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> .... > > Hi John, > > > > Thanks for filling us in on what's happening. I'm sure you can > > appreciate that from the outside, things look even more forlorn. I'm > > sure we all eagerly anticipate the floodgates opening :) > > I hope we open a trickle, not floodgates. We have months of > pent up pressure to release here (changing metaphors from > home repair), and we shouldn't let it go all at once. Some > of the changes are major, and we should let each one seep out > through our testing harnesses, because there *will be* bugs in > there, and it's easier to find them one at a time than trying > to pick them out as the floodwaters recede. > > So, I'd look for a moderate flow for a while, before we drain > down to what we can write in real-time. Of course, by then, > we'll have lots of new people in the bucket brigade. > > My $0.02: not anything like an official Sun position. > > ... peter > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: > 1/25/2008 11:24 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.11/1243 - Release Date: 1/25/2008 11:24 AM
