[wp-testers] RC-1

[Sean Hayford O'Leary]

I feel terrible saying this, but WP development looks kinda dead to
the casual user. The website hasn't changed (its appearance) in two
years, the development blog is rarely updated, and it's been 10 months
since 1.5! Also, as far as most people know (judging by the Codex) the
upcoming version of WP is merely 1.6, and most of the items are left
unfinished on 1.6's Codex page.

I know this sounds like a very Netscape 6-mentality, and one that it,
in a perfect world, wouldn't exist. But, alas, one shared by WP users
with whom I've spoken.

I don't want to see a catastrophic rush, but there will always be
bugs, and hopefully we'll squish most of them before the release.

A perfect product is never finished.

On 11/28/05, Mark Jaquith <mark.wordpress at txfx.net> wrote:
> I also think that it seems premature for the RC label, but in the
> end, it's just a label.  The main thing is that we should make sure
> the major issues are fixed, and that any new code is given adequate
> time to be tested.  At long as no code is checked in at the 11th hour
> and the major issues are fixed, you can call it Tango Bravo Gamma
> Monkey Island 2006 XP Gold Edition for all I care ;-).  I think it is
> just the usual connection between "RC" and an imminent release that
> has people worried.  As some may recall, 1.5 was rushed a little bit
> at the end, and suffered from a few major bugs that came out a few
> days later.
>
> - Mark
>
> Owen Winkler wrote:
> > Stuart wrote:
> >> There still seem to be some major issues cropping up. I don't spend
> >> that much time in Trac, so this observation is just based on watching
> >> these mailing lists.
> >
> > Approximately 952 lines were added in the past 24 hours, not
> > counting lines removed.  These lines haven't had that much
> > opportunity for testing.  In fact, it's only been 10 days since the
> > beta.
> >
> > Things have been changing so fast, it's a wonder there's any time
> > in-between for testers to review the code.  I'm really shocked to
> > see an RC label on this code.
> >
> > Owen
>
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