Re: [gentoo-dev] glibc-2.16 moving to ~arch

[Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org>]

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 4:27 PM, Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
>>
>> I think part of Mike's point is that time and time again has proven
>> that the way to a mans heart^H^H^H^H to get things fixed is to break
>> them. The aforementioned example of a tracker open for months with no
>> progress is an example of halted progress. If we waited to fix all
>> known issues prior to launch, then we would never launch. This is very
>> common in software development. Some features are v2 features, some
>> bugs are not worth fixing. Some bugs we will fix with a patch
>> post-launch; I don't see how this is any different.
>>
>
> I agree with your point.  I'm fine with setting deadlines and such,
> but my main concern is that the first deadline shouldn't be two days
> after it is announced.

The tracker has been open since July 4th.

>
> If the announcement were that we have a tracker and some languishing
> bugs, and we'd like to push to get them closed in two weeks I'd feel
> differently.

I can't really say Mike is the shining example of how we should
communicate; but then again, neither am I :)

-A

>
> Rich
>