Neil, I think "farce" is a real exaggeration and isn't fair. Anyone scratching the surface at all in their research of Drupal would would have easily discovered that CCK and Views were essential components and that they weren't going to be ready for some time after D6 release.<br>
<br>I just can't believe that serious people make business decisions without doing research. I think 15 minutes of research by someone completely new to the community would have revealed exactly what the release of D6 meant.<br>
<br>I do think it was a PR problem and there was lots of disappointment. And I think adjustments have been made.<br><br>Shai<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Neil Coghlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neil@esl-lounge.com">neil@esl-lounge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">and of course we all remember the utter farce that
was the D6 release WRT contrib modules.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">:-|</font></div>
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<b>From:</b>
<a title="metzlerd@evergreen.edu" href="mailto:metzlerd@evergreen.edu" target="_blank">Metzler,
David</a> </div>
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 18, 2009 12:34
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial" size="2">In addition, don't forget ot compound this question with,
"when will the contrib modules for the site be available on D7".
Many contrib module maintainers have vowed to have releases ready on the d7
release date, but you'll want to check that before you commit to your
client. Good luck....</font></span></div><br>
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[mailto:<a href="mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org" target="_blank">support-bounces@drupal.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Shai
Gluskin<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 18, 2009 4:53 AM<br><b>To:</b>
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<div></div>An addendum to what Hans wrote. It is not as if there are 412
official bugs that have to get solved and that the number of critical bugs is
always reduced. There are still a lot of bugs being found as well. That number
goes up as well as down.<br><br>According to d.o. there are currently only 400
installations of D7 "phoning home" to d.o. The peak was 1,000 installs during
the week of Oct. 4. But a lot of commits were made during code "slush." There
are a lot of really great changes, but there are also a lot more bugs to
report.<br><br>So download D7, play around, find and report those
bugs.<br><br>As for Greg's hubdub thingy, in March, '09 I predicted: after
April 1, 2010. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take home some "money" on that
one!<br><br>Shai<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Greg Knaddison <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:greg.knaddison@gmail.com" target="_blank">greg.knaddison@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Michel Morelli <<a href="mailto:michel@ziobuddalabs.it" target="_blank">michel@ziobuddalabs.it</a>>
wrote:<br>> So, does someone know a estimated release date ? or
period.<br><br></div>You can see some interest on the topic at<br><a href="http://www.hubdub.com/m35392/When_will_Drupal_70_be_released" target="_blank">http://www.hubdub.com/m35392/When_will_Drupal_70_be_released</a><br>
<br>The
more people who sign up and bet on that question, the more likely<br>it is
to be accurate.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Greg<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Greg
Knaddison | 303-800-5623 | <a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com" target="_blank">http://growingventuresolutions.com</a><br>Mastering Drupal -
<a href="http://www.masteringdrupal.com" target="_blank">http://www.masteringdrupal.com</a><br></font>
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