Re: final version

it has nothing to do with being new to beta testing for anyone. but what is 
the release schedule? of course it will be released "when ready" - that's 
expected,  but when is the target we're hoping/shooting for?


On Friday 13 September 2002 00:21, Elton Woo wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
> >On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 17:01:23 -0700 (PDT)
> >Nathan Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> ># Elton, I'm sorry if I was misunderstood, I was
> ># actually asking those who work for Red Hat, as in if
> ># one were to be involved in the production of the next
> ># version, how exactly would that person have a clue as
> ># to when it is "ready".  Is there some sort of
> ># guidelines for that in a general sense or is it simply
> ># "hmm, today is tuesday, and I've always liked
> ># tuesdays, so I think today I'll celebrate by saying
> ># that the next Red Hat version is ready."
> >
> >The canned response "When it's ready" is because Red Hat will not
> >commit to a launch/release date.  Doing so causes problems.  Sure,
> >internally they may have a target, but under penalty of death, they
> >won't divulge such information.
> >
> >So "when it's ready" isn't an internal tool to measure release dates,
> >but an external tool.
>
> I guess he's new to beta testing for Red Hat! <*chuckle*>. *I* know
> better than to ask "when is the release date?" <G>...
>
> Elton ;-)