<quote who="Johannes Rohr"> > >> 4. sarge is released with 1.4 desktop or delayed until 2.4 is ready? > > > > That's my worst fear. :-) > > [...] > > But that (sarge with 1.4) is highly unlikely. > > Large parts of Gnome 2.2 already _have_ made their way into testing. So > for your fear to come true, this would have to be reversed. > > It's quite probably that this reversal would be no less problematic than > completing the transition to Gnome 2.x, given that in the meantime the > default compiler has changed. > > I don't think that any of those in charge of managing the release would > seriously consider this option.
But you haven't covered the very serious issue here: sarge can't even ship as is. Why the temptation to introduce even more problems (the possibility of 2.4 piecemeal migrating) instead of ensuring a shippable sarge by letting 2.2 migrate down completely? 1.4 isn't my worst fear. Broken (current status) and/or delayed *are*. - Jeff -- linux.conf.au 2004: Adelaide, Australia http://lca2004.linux.org.au/ "Linux is not like Novell, it isn't going to run out of money - it started off bankrupt, in a way." - Steve Ballmer
