Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: File naming conventions

[Thomas Lord]

    > From: Zenaan Harkness <address@hidden>

    > > > It seems like a huge mess to me...  E.g. what's the status of all the
    > > > stuff merged into the "prerelease" by James -- and the corresponding
    > > > bugs closed?  Does all that have to be re-submitted now?  Where?  How?
    > > > When?  [What?]

    > > Not to mention Why.  We were 1 line of code away from the best release 
    > > of tla since 1.2 came out last February.  I haven't heard a convincing 
    > > argument that we should abandon the work we put into it.  Sure, we 
    > > should consider new ways of moving forward, but I think we should 
    > > grandfather 1.2.2 and get it out.

    > I believe it was and is just a matter of someone willing to
    > do the work.

    > No one stepped up to the plate...

No, you are wrong.

1.2.2 was quite a mess by many metrics.  I'm disinterested in
reviewing the reasons when the source material evidence is so fresh in
various mailing list archives.  It's not important, I hope, and if you
are curious: spend 12-14 hrs reviewing the history and *then* pose
your questions.

The positive view, sidestepping all soap-operas related to 1.2.2, is
that we should have a 1.3 test candidate release next week and fans of
1.2.2 can look at that, compare to 1.2.2, and help close any gap that
needs closing.   Meanwhile, the GNU project will have a more stable
and trustworthy process developing.

-t