On Sat, May 01, 2004 at 10:38:13AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > I've been tempted to become a Debian developer specifically to propose > a fixed release schedule: Sarge becomes "frozen" every six months, > whatever state it's in. Period.
Well, firstly, you don't need to be a developer to propose changes to the release schedule (unless you're foolish enough to want to do it by vote, at which point I think the release team would resign on you). You might want to be a developer in order to be listened to, but actually just being a developer isn't what gets you influence, but rather doing the work. Aside from that, I'm afraid you would have been necessarily ignored until now. Without a working installer, there is absolutely no point in releasing. This has thoroughly hamstrung any attempts at a time-based release cycle until now. I like the idea (to some extent; "whatever state it's in" is frankly asking for trouble, but we wouldn't have to go that far). Until now, though, it has not been feasible. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]