Michael Devore wrote: > At 01:08 PM 8/18/2006 -0500, you wrote: > >> I feel it's important to get "1.0" out there to draw a line in the sand, >> that we're at least "1.0" quality. We can do what MS-DOS could do. Maybe >> we have a few bugs, but (and maybe this is a sad fact) what "1.0" >> software doesn't have bugs? People expect it. But marking a "1.0" >> release means you can start to work on stuff after "1.0". For example: I >> really want to extend what capabilities you have available in DOS. >> > > I've rethought my own idea on this a little bit. Take it for what it's worth. > > The 1.0 release announcement motivated a lot of people to test things at > lot harder, or maybe just a lot more people tested it at all, or a > combination of the two. The net result is the same; I personally have more > support/feature requests and bug reports than I've had in aggregate for the > past couple of years. All of them squashed together in the last month. > [...] > Maybe the release deadline needs little extra flexibility. Not like it > was before. Oh, please, pretty please, not that. Just something like > "it's coming out, but right now we're clearing the flood of new reports > from the initial 1.0 release announcement to ensure a quality > experience". And as soon as bug reports die down -- not to the SAME level, > but to a SANE level -- then a bit more testing of the final image and we're > good to go. > > Basically, what I'm asking for, and I can't believe I'm doing it, is for a > bit more time to pass, keeping the release based on feedback levels and > with an eye on a firm release date in a timely fashion. Your original > announcement of a month should have worked fine where FreeDOS was when you > made it, but the act of the announcing changed all that. >
Okay. What do we think we're looking at here for us to be ready for our "1.0" debug? Another month? Two months? Or is it more like "weeks"? -jh -- This email message has been encrypted using the ROT-26 cipher. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
