Re: freezing?

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Ralf,

* Ralf Corsepius wrote on Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 10:13:32AM CEST:
> 
> So instead of continuing to wait, I'd recommend to "just release a
> prerelease with all known bugs" and wait for what's going to happen.

Releasing with known bugs is ok if they are not regressions.  Releasing
with regressions is not good.  Releasing with pending good patches for
known bugs is just duplicating maintenance work.

And no, it's not "waiting" on all sides ATM.

> If something serious should show up, release a new prerelease ASAP, if
> nothing serious happens within a (fairly short) prerelease trial time,
> release "that damned thing". If something seriously should show after
> the release, fix it and release another release, ASAP. 

Yes.

Cheers,
Ralf