JTK wrote:
> jesus X wrote:
>
>>JTK wrote:
>>
>>>DeMoN_LaG wrote:
>>>
>>>>It's already usable. In fact, more usable than IE 6's beta progress is
>>>>
>>>Gimme that Olde Tyme religion...
>>>
>>Or maybe it's opinion. Ever think of that?
>
> No.
Of course not! This is JTKland, where there is no opinion. There are
only "what JTK thinks", which is Right, and "what other people think",
which is Wrong.
>>What you may not understand is that 0.9.1 was an
>>extraordinarily stable release,
>
> Compared to previous releases? Heheheyeah, I'd sure hope so.
No, in general. It hasn't crashed on me once (compared to several other
pieces of supposedly release-quality software).
>>and to extend this, the choice had been made to
>>extend the time in which the tree is closed to non-approved checkins for an
>>additional 2 weeks, at the end of which would be released 0.9.2, which is going
>>to be the "stability" release.
>>
>>This will be an extremely stable (near commercial quality, if not equal to)
>>release to show the progress that has been made.
>
> Huh? "To show the progress that has been made"?!? I thought that was
> why 6.0 was released.
For *Mozilla* to show the progress that has been made, not Netscape.
Netscape has no real control over when Mozilla 1.0 is released, nor
would they benefit from any--it doesn't affect their schedule much.
>>The hope is that the primary
>>differentiation between 0.9.2 and 1.0 will be that 0.9.2 won't have quite as
>>many fixes and some features will still be incomplete, but stability will be
>>nearly the same high level.
>>
>>Netscape took the 0.9.1 branch, made NS6.1PR1, and it's been getting stunning
>>reviews for a beta.
>
> About two years too late, even if true. Who's reviewed NS6.1? I've not
> read a single review yet (other than from the Faithful). The world has
> forgotten about Netscape, rabbi.
There was one from C|Net last week.
http://www.cnet.com/software/0-3227883-8-6249661-2.html?tag=st.sw.3227883-8-6249661-3.subdir.3227883-8-6249661-2
I don't know of any others, but I haven't been looking.
