<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>This list goes to a lot of people. Please try to make your posts more substantive than "I agree!"<br><br>----- "Caleb Gilbert" <caleb.gilbert@gmail.com> wrote:
<br>> <link href="/zimbra/css/msgview.css?v=080522111059" rel="stylesheet">Reading this thread has me very excited - what a great decision to extend the code freeze of Drupal 7 for a while! In particular, I enjoyed/share chx's comment that 'Drupal 5/6 is quite good enough to hang-a-reputation-on for some time to come'. Indeed they are. :-)<br>>
<br>> - Caleb<br>> <br>> <br>> <pre>OK, we'll postpone the code freeze for now. At this point, I won't <br>> make any decisions or promises about when the code freeze will be. <br>> I'l revisit this question in a couple months time.<br>>
<br>> <br>> On 26 Jun 2008, at 22:02, Laura Scott wrote:<br>> >><i> The slow uptake of D6 is due mostly to everyone and their brother <br>> </i>>><i> taking the opportunity to rewrite their contrib modules at the same <br>>
<br>> </i>>><i> time as upgrading to D6, or right before doing so. Views, Panels, <br>> </i>>><i> Project*, CCK, filefield, imagefield, and a half-dozen others have <br>> </i>>><i> major improvements planned in contrib space that are progressing; <br>>
<br>> </i>>><i> they just take time. Those, in turn, block dozens of other modules.<br>> </i>><i><br>> </i>><i> +1 from a community marketing perspective as well. I'm glad there's <br>> </i>><i> general consensus that with the tail wagging the dog, Drupal will <br>>
<br>> </i>><i> benefit from a slowdown so D6 can get established in the marketplace <br>> </i>><i> before pushing D7 out. However, I'm -1 on making this a policy <br>> </i>><i> towards a new 18-month release cycle. I feel rolling with the flow <br>>
<br>> </i>><i> makes sense. If D8 is coming along well, there will be little to <br>> </i>><i> gain by delaying it in the interests of a general slowdown.<br>> </i><br>> <br>> <br>> --<br>> Dries Buytaert :: <a href="http://buytaert.net/" target="_blank">http://buytaert.net</a><br>>
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