On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 11:54 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote: > On 02/ 3/10 11:32 AM, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > > > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 09:15 +0000, Ghee Teo wrote: > >> Ken Gunderson wrote > >>> But hey, let's take an optimistic stance and assume Oracle doesn't let > >>> OpenSolaris die on the vine - if/when we actually do get another release > >>> I would ask that it be coordinated with Gnome release and NOT ship with > >>> beta version of Firefox - whoever was responsible for that in 2009.06 > >>> ought to keel hauled on Ellison's yacht. > >>> > >> Firefox is not part of GNOME release. Firefox has its own released > >> cycles. GNOME's browser is called epiphany. Though almost all GNOME > >> based distro shipped Firefox as the primary browser for obvious reason. > > > > As I am well aware. That doesn't change my opinion that releases should > > be timed so as to coincide with Gnome releases and NOT ship with beta > > versions of Firefox, or anything else for that matter. > > You can't have it both ways; either you want a strictly time-based > schedule, or you want a build quality-based schedule. Specifically, I'm > referring to the fact that you don't like the release schedule slippage, > but you also want releases tied to GNOME cycles. > > However, as you are aware, GNOME release schedules slip too sometimes :)
Huh?? I'm having a hard time remembering the last time Gnome slipped release schedule. Quit spreading untruths, else please document your assertions. > Even then, you have to account for the fact that the distribution itself > needs its own additional time to evaluate and QA its own packages in > addition to its build of GNOME. > > Cheers, I said "coordinated with Gnome release". There's a difference 'twixt that and "tide to". Obviously that would include some delay for sufficient validation. That the Gnome team releases with such regularity should help facilitate planning, validation, etc. w.r.t. OS releases. -- Ken Gunderson <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
