"I know that this may come out as a surprise to you, but
professional people always work with timelines in mind."
It doesn't surprise me at all. You know what would surprise me? If Ruben
came here and said he has a nice professional timeline for us:
Trisquel 8 will be released June 5th, 2017 at 09:00 GMT
And you then say, "Thank you Ruben, how professional of you. I am happy now
that you have made a professional release date!"
THAT would surprise me. Because I don't think the professionalism of release
dates is what will satisfy you. You want Trisquel 8 NOW. If you can't have it
today, you want it tomorrow; if you can't have it this week, you want it next
week.
You have my apologies if you would be OK with a release date that is one year
from today. If you are OK with that date, it would show that what matters
most to you is the professionalism of a declared and official release date!
Now if you want BOTH an professional release date, and a release date that is
soon, then you are being unreasonable. For Ruben to give you a date that is
soon enough for you, it may not be enough time for him to get the job done.
Then you will say he is unprofessional for not releasing on schedule! If
Ruben gives you a date that is not soon enough for you, but enough time for
him to get the job done, you will complain that the release time is too long
and unprofessional!
Let's let Ruben release Trisquel 8 on his schedule. No matter how many times
the kids in the backseat say, "are we there yet?", the trip still takes as
long as it takes. The only difference is that it is so annoying, it may make
it harder to drive there.
