From: ikluft@uts.amdahl.com (Ian Kluft) Subject: Re: Aiming at version 1.0 Date: 2 Apr 1993 04:17:33 GMT
hutchinson@wrair-emh1.army.mil writes:
>| The trouble with version numbers is they're the most relative,
>| subjective concept of all computer science. What does 1.0 mean to
>| you? An end or a beginning? The software testing projects I've been
>| involved in at my company taught me that although a rushed project
>| fails in reliability, the release that must have *everything*
>| [marketing wants] never gets released.
>[...]
>| IMHO, we're already close enough. Some features that are still in
>Indeed. Now that I think about it, I seem to recall seeing a note once
>that said "as soon as we can get an init/login going", or something like
>that. This was a year ago or more (0.12?). Funny how you can get
>sidetracked like that.
Yes, it's working pretty well. One of the things that has certainly been
a cause for concern was network reliability. Though a lot of fixes have
gone through there recently, too.
One thing that some people have thought would be good to include in 1.0 is
SLIP... soon to go into alpha test availability.
Really, though, Linus is the one who will decide. He does the releases. As
with everything else on this project, the volunteer who does the work gets to
make the decisions.
-- Ian Kluft KD6EUI PP-ASEL Amdahl Corporation, Open Systems Development ikluft@uts.amdahl.com Santa Clara, CA [disclaimer: any opinions expressed are mine only... not those of my employer]