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On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Ian Holsman wrote:

> yep.. I've heard it's a source of contention...

	Sure. Maybe like 8 months ago to anyone who was paying attention.

> In discussing it with people, I've heard that a major issue (not the only
> one i'm sure) is lack of resources to actually test the apache releases o=
n
> large clusters, and
>=20
> So I thought I would start the thread to see if we could at least identif=
y
> what the people think are the problems are.

	I think you've asked the wrong question to begin with and I think the disc=
ussion you've started is going to be completely counter productive and put =
everyone on the defensive.  [It is pretty clear it already has.]   The team=
 is finally making progress towards a common goal (0.22) and (mostly) getti=
ng along.=20

	This question/issue

>  that it is very hard getting this done in short cycles
> (hence the large gap between 20.x and 21).

	is really the cruxt of the problem.

	We wouldn't have had major diversions between the distributions if the mai=
nline Apache distribution had been making more frequent releases.   IMNSHO,=
 as long as the distributions don't break compatibility (forward or backwar=
d) in without a word of warning... who cares?