RC timeline for 7.8 REDUX

[Carter Schonwald]

gotcha. I didn't mean to imply any such responsibility,  i merely cc'd the
folks who i know have been actively hacking on stuff thats landing in 7.8
in the past monthish because they are more apt to be informed (one hopes :)
)

thanks!
-Carter


On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Richard Eisenberg <eir at cis.upenn.edu>wrote:

> As someone CC'd on this email directly, I'll answer for myself: While I've
> benefited from the delay to fine-tune the behavior of certain bits & bobs,
> I didn't request the delay nor do I believe myself responsible for
> generating or needing to fix any "blocking" feature. Please correct me if
> I'm wrong here. From my vantage point, I'm ready to move to RC, and have
> been for some time.
>
> Richard
>
> On Dec 27, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Carter Schonwald <carter.schonwald at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hey Everyone,
> > what is the set of tasks left before we can do a 7.8 RC? Is it there are
> some serious bugs that have been left unaddressed? Is there anything
> preventing us from doing an RC sometime in the next two weeks?
> >
> >  I understand certain type system related problems have been getting a
> bit of polish over the past month or so, but if thats the blocker I'd like
> to know so that when people ask I can point to a concrete reason.
> >
> > I can only speak for myself, but theres been a pretty painful
> communication gap about whats left before we hit RC, and whenever someone
> asks me "when is 7.8 coming out, and how can i help make it happen on
> time?", I can only reply with "no one knows" and "do stuff".
> >
> > that said, happy holidays and preemptive happy new years to everyone!
> > -Carter
>
>
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