Losing sight of the short-term goal

[Leon Shiman]

on Thu, 11 Mar 2004 22:17:08 +0100 Egbert Eich wrote:
>
>Harold L Hunt II writes:
> > After seeing the monolithic vs. modular discussion yet again, can we all 
> > just remember the short-term goal:
> > 
> > Ship a monolithic release as soon as possible that is as close as 
> > possible to XFree86 4.4.0.
> > 
> > Please, lets try to accomplish our short term goal without too much 
> > distraction.
> > 
>
>This discussion came up because some people feel some urgency to talk
>about this issue. 
>The discussion is entirely independent of our release goals. 
>However I do see the problem that there is a delay because
>people would like to see more things to go into the release
>than strictly necessary.

Both our public credibility and visibility need to be considered. 
Straightforward identification of project status is necessary. Compromise is 
going to be required. This issue should if at all possible be settled 
tomorrow, so that plans for a public announcement can be completed before 
next week.

leon

>
>Egbert.
>
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