Randy Terbush liltingly intones:
>
> >
> > >
> > > 4. It's time to lift the feature ban.
> >
> >
> > Whaaaat? ;) cleaning up the code won't have any effect on the system's
> > stability or -Wall'ability. lifting the feature ban will introduce
> > a truck load of new and funky stuff which will charge around smashing
> > plates and throwing up on your sofa. There are still bugs and IMHO
> > the server is not *very* stable.
> >
> > But hey, what do people think.
> >
> > Ay.
> >
>
> Let me clarify what I wrote....
>
> I am *not* advocating lifting the feature ban before 1.0 is
> released.
>
> I am suggesting that the code is ready to be release as 1.0.
> I do not agree that *any* clean needs to be done at this point.
> I agree that *only* known problems should be fixed at this time
> rather than creating some unknown ones.
>
Where are we classifying new OS support, like UnixWare? Or is it just an old
OS that compiles, but doesn't work?
chuck
Chuck Murcko Telebase Systems, Inc. Wayne PA chuck@telebase.com
And now, on a lighter note:
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're
guessing.
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