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From: Linda Walsh <cygwin@tlinx.org> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com Subject: Re: release scheduling, cygwin 1.7 et al (was Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..) Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:05:00 -0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <4AF1FAAB.3010109@tlinx.org> (raw) In-Reply-To: <4AEB2BF5.3010203@cygwin.com> * Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: "http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#RSN :-)" ** LW wrote: "--I don't suppose you could express that in ISO format? :-)" Larry Hall wrote: > Since you've asked this on multiple lists, I'm going to assume this is > more than just a humorous comment that you don't expect an answer to. Posting this as a reply on cygwin would have been more appropriate, as there, it was obvious, I was *repeating* the question, (I mentioned it came up on this list), and it was there that I was *probing*, to see if a more firm day had been given that I had missed. > Cygwin 1.7 will be released as soon as it's ready. So I've heard. > There is no specific date at this time. --- Same as before. So I haven't missed any news and there is still no timeframe (could still be a year away) for release... firm dates are one thing, but "we are hoping before Xmas, or Beltane (May Day)" would give an idea. That said, I very well know the unpredictable nature of SW development. How can one give a "real schedule" about something that has never been done before? Managers have pushed the moniker 'software engineering' onto the field -- as though software is something that can be engineered and manufactured like off-the-shell nuts and bolts. That does the field a great disservice. As writing software is all about creativity. It's not about creating the nuts and bolts, but how they go together -- just like painting is not about the paint, it's about how it goes onto the medium. Sure you can give estimates, but reality is they are only best guesses and any number of things can come up to alter them. This was known as far back as 1985. See good paper at: http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/48174?show=full Says basically, even the "act" of coming up with a schedule can [adversely] affect the outcome of not creating one. The compare it to the 'Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle' But even with such knowledge at your disposal, you'll still run into Dilbertian manager types who live in a fantasy world, where, by force of will, they believe they can force a product into existence on their schedule. :^) However, I am not the manager type -- I'm not ruthless enough. > That's not a reason not to use it however, if you prefer. And if you need > something that's only on 1.7, this is a good time to try it out. And > since you can install 1.7 beside 1.5 if you like, your risk of borking > your Cygwin installation is pretty minimal. --- I saw support for dual installations in a recent announcement on Cygwin's main list. I've also seen quite a few problems reported against 1.7 in the compatibility department, but I realize that gives no indication of the number of users who don't have problems. The announced wasn't clear if the dual installation support was backwards compatible to 1.5. My history with cygwin goes back a bit, to, when having more than one cygwin install on your disk at the same time was grounds for being drawn and quartered if you reported any problem in such a setup. You know how the cygwin-standard team can be...any excuse for flaying a user provides them joy (in their 'we take pride in our meaness' way). :-) Maybe when I'm not swamped w/other probs... Thanks for the ~informative~ response. ;^) -linda -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-11-04 22:05 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2009-10-28 1:00 [ANNOUNCEMENT] [1.7] X11R7.5 Yaakov (Cygwin/X) 2009-10-30 1:36 ` X11R7.5 & fontcache Linda Walsh 2009-10-30 3:11 ` Yaakov (Cygwin/X) 2009-10-30 3:57 ` Linda Walsh 2009-10-30 18:10 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin X) 2009-11-04 22:05 ` Linda Walsh [this message] 2009-11-05 0:11 ` release scheduling, cygwin 1.7 et al (was Re: X11R7.5 & fontcache..) Larry Hall (Cygwin X)
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