On 05/22/2011 02:57 PM, R P Herrold wrote:
customary trolling by Gordon Messmer -- passive agressive, implying an unmet obligation
The only obligation that I think exists is for everyone to have reasonable expectations of the project. If I have ever implied otherwise, please point me toward it. I intended no such thing.
Random people keep expressing their belief that 6.1 will, for reasons they do not state, be ready in short order. There is no evidence that 6.1 will take any less time than any other release.
If users had more realistic expectations, there would quite possibly be less discussion regarding release dates. Instead we repeatedly see people expecting a short release and then long threads when that doesn't happen.
I'd be thrilled if 6.1 were ready quickly. I just don't expect it. My obligation to the CentOS team is to observe the time that previous releases have required, to understand that there is a great deal of work involved, and to maintain an expectation that future work will probably be a lot like work that's been done before. I think every user has that obligation to the developers.