Re: [htdig-dev] Problems with whatsnew.pl

[Geoff H. <ghu...@ws...>]

At 11:57 AM +1100 12/17/01, Alexander Cohen wrote:
>What? They are still working on 3.1.x almost a thousand years from now?

OK, let's get some things straight. The point of a production branch 
is to fix bugs as they come up, so that people have a solid, stable, 
secure release. People still use the 2.0.x and 2.2.x series of the 
Linux kernel, even though there's a "stable" 2.4.x series.

I suspect even when 3.2.0 or 3.2.1 or 3.2.2 versions of ht://Dig are 
released, there will be people using 3.1.6 or whatever the current 
3.1.x release is.

>Talk about a slow development cycle, will the universal increase of
>entropy then be an important factor in the development cycle of the 3.2

One of the side points of free software is that you have the source. 
If you think the development is moving slowly or not going in a 
direction you'd like, you should contribute or find people to 
contribute in the direction you want. It's all there in the 
copyright. That's your freedom.

A popular saying in the US is that "with freedom comes responsibility."

At the moment, we have two people actively contributing and both of 
us are quite busy. Gilles and I also handle quite a bit of support on 
the mailing list and this obviously cuts from our time to code.

So I'll leave it to you. If you think the development cycle of 3.2 is 
moving too slowly, contribute yourself in any of a number of ways, 
find other contributors in your stead, or don't complain.

Cheers,
-Geoff