[dmd-beta] dmd 1.063 and 2.048 beta

[Brad Roberts]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2010, Jonathan M Davis wrote:

> On Monday, August 09, 2010 16:52:42 Brad Roberts wrote:
> > I object to the use of "can't" though. :)
> 
> Well, if you assume that it has been decided that the release will go out within 
> a certain time frame and that fixing the bug would take longer than that time 
> frame, "can't" would indeed be correct. However, what you're probably looking 
> for is something more along the lines of
> 
> "Given everything else that's on my plate which has higher priority and the fact 
> that I'm going to take care of the higher priority issues first, I can't fix this 
> bug in the time that I have prior to the release."
> 
> That's a lot more verbose though.
> 
> - Jonathan M Davis

It's that I know that the release points are essentially completely 
arbitrary most of the time and that pushing it back a day or two is almost 
always a non-issue, other than just the desire to call it done and move 
onto the next cycle.

But if there's really a timing issue, then sure.