[2120] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: RedHat-Athena 5.1 packages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Tue Sep 1 13:38:28 1998
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Salvatore Valente <svalente@MIT.EDU>, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "01 Sep 1998 10:53:15 EDT."
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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 13:38:14 EDT
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
So, speaking as someone who has a lot of experience with Athena
releases, I think you're taking the wrong approach here. When SIPB
did the RH-A 4.2 release, you had the same level of insistence that it
had to happen in a matter of days, and it still took several months.
Expect it to take a while; we don't even know what the problems are
yet which need to be solved, because there hasn't been any testing.
Learn how work is being done, rather than making statements like, "if
we can't seem to get changes made in the source-tree proper."
Sal's work was to experiment with the software and to update the
package lists. As such, his approach made perfect sense. The first
full build of the source tree will definitely not be the last.
