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Subject: Re: 20.1 release - what's the rush?
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From: wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry)
Date: 13 Apr 1997 11:13:08 -0700
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Neal Becker <neal@ctd.comsat.com> writes:

> I'm surprised to see the push to release 20.1.  There has been a lot of
> rapid changes recently.  Shouldn't we let the dust settle?  We just
> released 19.15, that should keep 'em busy for a little while.
> 
> I don't understand the need to meet artificial deadlines.  IMHO, one of
> the things that makes free software work enjoyable is that we don't have
> to be a slave to someone elses deadline.

  We should still be responsive to the users... think of 20.1 not as an
upgrade to 19.15, but as the upgrade to 20.0, which had lots of bugs that
are now fixed (and are fixed in 19.15 as well).  I would characterize 20.1
the same way we did 20.0 - mainly for MULE people - if you don't need MULE,
use 19.15.

> I vote to release it when we feel it's ready - not because it's
> someone's kid's birthday, or the aniversary of something or other.

  Hey! :)

-Bill P.
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William Perry			wmperry@aventail.com
Unix Server Development Lead  & Emacs-W3 Author
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