On Thu, 19 Oct 1995 19:04:07 -0500, "William S. Gribble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I've been using debian for a long time and I tell everyone I can > about it. I've installed the curent release on several machines and > I'm very happy with it. Me too. I've been an alpha tester since Debian began. > The constant delays in releasing the thing have to stop. I know > that Ian M. had hard drive problems. That's unfortunate, and > certainly cause for some difficulty in getting the release out the > door. This is how it has always been. This is probably how it will always be. The Debian Project has no full-time members. People contribute as their own (usually hectic) schedules allow. This makes it nearly impossible to make and/or keep a Debian release schedule. > However, the Debian project did post to a double handful of > newsgroups and mailing lists a ``press release'' which firmly > announced a release date. Doesn't that mean anything to anyone? I > think it's a little shameful to make an announcement like that in > public and then, almost a month after the announced date, still not > to have even acknowledged publically that the date has come and > gone. Pretty embarassing, isn't it? It's unfortunate that this happened but don't give up hope. The project has quite a bit of momentum right now, even if the "official release" has not been made. --Mike
