On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 13:32 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 02/ 5/10 01:25 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-02-03 at 11:54 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote:
> >> 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.
> 
> I can find at least one pretty quickly:
> 
> http://developer.gnome.org/news/summary/2004_February8_February14.html#2

And note that you had to turn the way back machine back 6 years to do
it.  Hence my hard time remembering.

> Note I said *sometimes*, I didn't say how recent or how often.
> 
> Also note that GNOME didn't even being to adopt a time-based schedule 
> until 2002:
> 
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2002-June/msg00041.html
> 

Eight years ago.  Seems to have been working pretty well since then.

> Nevertheless, as I mentioned elsewhere, it is not reasonable to expect a 
> product produced by a commercial entity to have a strictly time-based 
> release schedule.  There are other considerations to take into account.

Agreed.  But they are not necessarily more or all important
considerations.

-- 
Ken Gunderson <[email protected]>

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