Re: When will 1.8 be branched?

[Petr Janda <elekktretterr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jose timofonic wrote:
> --- Petr Janda <elekktretterr@exemail.com.au>
> escribió:
>
>   
> > Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> >     
> > > On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:44:48 +1100
> > > Petr Janda <elekktretterr@exemail.com.au> wrote:
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > I think you are being slightly absurd. If you
> > > >         
> > want DragonFly to go into 
> >     
> > > > businesses/corporations you have to be prepared
> > > >         
> > they *have* demands , 
> >     
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > 	Nobody has any business making demands of
> > >       
> > volunteers.
> >     
> > >   
> > >       
> > > > and they are much bigger than mine "is it gonna
> > > >         
> > be branched today as 
> >     
> > > > planned",
> > > >     
> > > >         
> > > 	Personally I would much rather see branching and
> > >       
> > releases happening
> >     
> > > when the developers feel it is ready to happen
> > >       
> > than on a planned date.
> >     
> > > 	That being said the DragonFLy team seems to do
> > >       
> > better at hitting
> >     
> > > the planned dates than most commercial OS
> > >       
> > developments.
> >     
> > >   
> > >       
> > I don't make the demands but I am demanded by my
> > clients to satisfy them 
> > by supplying them a good product. If it was entirely
> > up to me I wouldnt 
> > be making the inquiries at all(I dont care if its
> > released in january or 
> > 3 months later) but I have clients, hence why Ive
> > often turned to 
> > FreeBSD when DF was missing a feature which I
> > needed. Therefore I might 
> > be sounding to have demanding tone, but thats
> > because DF is my personal 
> > OS of choice and especially because of my clients.
> > (not that they 
> > specifically request DF but because thats what I
> > offer them + maintenance).
> >
> > My apologies.
> >
> > Petr
> >
> >     
>
> I'm an early newbie and not having clue about
> development but... Have you considered to pay
> developers for having those exact branching dates and
> features you want for your clients? If you receive
> something for free, I think you can't demand
> something. If you pay explicitely for it (and I don't
> mean just donations), then you can.
>
> As I've seen as in my stupid user experience on other
> projects, it's better to not give dates when you are
> unsure to comply them. Then is better to give
> approximately dates thinking in the worst situation,
> so if it's released earlier it will look like a nice
> surprise ;)
>
>
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I've already been doing it in a way as the *context functions come out 
of my pocket. I sort of don't see point in pay for branching dates 
though as they are inevitable (as in they will always happen at some 
stage). As I said before I'm gonna have to push the deadline by a couple 
of days or I will update to 1.8 remotely (which i wanted to avoid in 
first place since who knows how that server will take it)

Petr