Re: Fwd: sign off on XEmacs 21.5
on 07/02/2008 12:56 PM David Kastrup said the following:
Papering over with propaganda the gap between XEmacs release
standards
and procedures and the current 21.5 state is not a sustainable
substitute for development.
There is a saying "It is better to be quiet and thought of as a fool
than to speak and remove all doubt". I don't think that declaring 21.5
release quality will convince people that XEmacs is the best offering to
be had. They'll see it as an opportunity to compare.
I don't know where you're coming from, or why, but it does seem as if
your postings are primarily negative in tone. It would be nice if you
could say something positive about something or someone.
Anyway, from my point of view, XEmacs 21.5 could be released without
us getting egg on our face. Yes, there are a few rough edges, but it
is a huge program (and all those OLPC children out there are waiting)
and a few rough edges in something as large as XEmacs are to be expected.
I use XEmacs daily, and I'm satisfied with its quality level. I speak
of a mon-Mule, Linux build only. I hope people who use different
builds pipe up with any release blockers.
I just perused Stephen's list (I assume it's Stephen's response to
Jake Coleman's question dated 14 Jun 08), and I don't see anything on
it that is NEEDED for 21.5.
I've glanced at the open issue list, and I don't see anything with a
priority of "urgent" that should hold up a release. (There is,
unfortunately,a long list of unprioritized issues that could harbor a
release blocker.)
--- Vladimir
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Vladimir G. Ivanovic
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