José Matos wrote: > On Thursday 02 November 2006 11:08 am, Peter Kümmel wrote: >> Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote: >>> Peter Kümmel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> | I think we should really release a alpha version >>> | of LyX 1.5 until Monday, 6. November. >>> >>> Why change a decision already made? > > With all the due respect Peter, your enthusiasm makes me smile, and I like > it but I would like to argue back. >
OK, I've tried it and failed. A comfort is, Asger also failed. Sad to see that I couldn't infect the others with my enthusiasm, seem the developers of LyX are more boring and inflexible than I thought. Regards, Peter >> Because >> - it wasn't that clear > > I am sorry to disagree but every other post in this list seems to imply > otherwise. > >> - it was more a decision for a beta release > > I have stated clearly that it was an alpha release what we meant, I have > even explained codewise what it implied. (No more new major features after > this release). > >> - to push LyX forward >> - we are flexible >> - we will collect more bug reports >> - it focuses the development >> - it makes existing problems more visible > > I doubt that. Developers knew the deadline and they are acting > accordingly, changing time expectations can be extremely frustrating, for > anyone (myself included). > >> - most decisions were not discussed > > I don't understand your point here. > >> - Abdel can't do much for the next two weeks >> - Bo is on vacation >> - Michael is very busy because he's the best man on work > > With all the due respect for the developers you mentioned, but I don't see > how that is relevant here. > >> - Maybe we find more Mac developers > > Just for releasing earlier? > >> - currently we are in a run and we couldn't keep with the pace >> - I think waiting longer is wasted time, and we've >> already waste too much time > > These two points are contradicting each other. > >> - I see now reason to wait >> - I will see results >> - I think I have some support for this propose > > Peter, as stated above, your energy is welcome in the project, but > sometimes > a little bit of patience pays off. :-) > >> Peter >
