knetworkmanager, nm-0.7

[Chuck Anderson]

On Thu, Nov 01, 2007 at 01:52:12PM -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 2007-11-01 at 12:25 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > The timeline of NetworkManager was /clearly/ communicated in multiple
> > > FESCo meetings. 
> > 
> > Fact is, it was a last-minute thing, squeezed in late.  We all know it.  A
> > mostly worthwhile thing, which is why FESCo was ok with it.  And, btw, I
> > agree with that decision ultimately.(1)
> 
> The timing was certainly not ideal, due to the fact that we didn't have
> Dan fulltime until late in the cycle. But realistically, what is the
> alternative ? Unless we want to always do the hard work, and then let
> Ubuntu and others ship it first...

Since when do we care about who ships what first?  Are we going to 
begin emulating the commercial software world where it is more 
important to ship broken half-baked stuff first so we can beat 
everyone else in the industry, rather than waiting until something is 
really ready before shipping it?