Re: Release notes

[Adam Fedor]

On Jul 6, 2005, at 4:16 AM, Riccardo wrote:
> > Part of this criteria would, of course, be which OSes are considered 
> > important
> > enough to consistitute a "showstopper" which will require a fix prior 
> > to
> > release.
>
> Ok, I see we agree here.
>
> I would propose to put GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD in the "main OS's" 
> we should never break before a release. Then a second class of  OS's 
> where I would put Solaris and OpenBSD where we should try to be as 
> usable as possible but have at least -base working for a release.

I think we should have a some release criteria like this. However, 
realistically, for the next release, either I'm going to disappoint a 
bunch of people or the release will have to be pushed out another 3-4 
weeks at least (likely as not, I'd be the one trying to fix all these 
bugs on machines I don't even own).