gotcha. I didn't mean to imply any such responsibility, i merely cc'd the folks who i know have been actively hacking on stuff thats landing in 7.8 in the past monthish because they are more apt to be informed (one hopes :) )
thanks! -Carter On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Richard Eisenberg <e...@cis.upenn.edu>wrote: > As someone CC'd on this email directly, I'll answer for myself: While I've > benefited from the delay to fine-tune the behavior of certain bits & bobs, > I didn't request the delay nor do I believe myself responsible for > generating or needing to fix any "blocking" feature. Please correct me if > I'm wrong here. From my vantage point, I'm ready to move to RC, and have > been for some time. > > Richard > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Carter Schonwald <carter.schonw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hey Everyone, > > what is the set of tasks left before we can do a 7.8 RC? Is it there are > some serious bugs that have been left unaddressed? Is there anything > preventing us from doing an RC sometime in the next two weeks? > > > > I understand certain type system related problems have been getting a > bit of polish over the past month or so, but if thats the blocker I'd like > to know so that when people ask I can point to a concrete reason. > > > > I can only speak for myself, but theres been a pretty painful > communication gap about whats left before we hit RC, and whenever someone > asks me "when is 7.8 coming out, and how can i help make it happen on > time?", I can only reply with "no one knows" and "do stuff". > > > > that said, happy holidays and preemptive happy new years to everyone! > > -Carter > >
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