Re: Release schedule

[Tim Harrison]

Nicola Pero wrote:

> This sentence directly upsets an important part of our user base, who *is* 
> expecting us to track these changes.

Do you seriously believe that you can track the changes to Cocoa, and 
successfully maintain a functional product?  At the moment, from the 
experiences that I've had, and those of others I've spoken to, the most 
important thing at this point is having a working environment.  This has 
been relatively elusive.

Do you believe that GNUstep is stable enough for open source developers 
to attempt to track Cocoa, without GNUstep being crushed under the 
weight of shifting APIs and the whims of Apple's well paid developers? 
They're certainly not bound by the need to be compatible with anything 
but their own implementation.

I'm certainly not interested in GNUstep developers spending their time 
tracking Cocoa, or trying to create a Cocoa clone.  I'd rather have a 
solid API, that's stable.  Chasing Apple around the yard diverts 
energies from developing a superior product.  A house built on sand will 
fall, no matter how visually impressive the front porch is.


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