If I had my way

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
news:jc0fnt$13pu$1 at digitalmars.com...
> On 12/10/11 2:14 PM, Andrew Wiley wrote:
>>
>> ^^
>> I agree. Postponing the current release doesn't really do anything but
>> frustrate the people that depend on recent changes. Setting a goal for
>> the next release accomplishes the same goals without the added
>> frustration.

+1

I do strongly support the new prioritization...but *after* we release 2.057. 
The thing's already in the middle of the doorway, there's no point in not 
getting it the rest of the way out the door..

>
> There are good ways of addressing that. We can delay the release by only a 
> few days and fix long-standing and extremely important issues. This is not 
> only about doing the expected/reasonable thing here, but breaking a 
> pattern and making a statement.
>

If, as you suggest, there's some big things that can be fixed in a short 
amount of time, then we can just finish 2.057, and have a short and sweet 
dev cycle for 2.058. The only thing "breaking a pattern and making a 
statement" does for anyone is make it look like we've been possessed by 
Steve Jobs's ghost.