To jump on the "yes, please delay" train... On Jun 26, 2008, at 2:08 AM, Dries Buytaert wrote:
Given the current state of things...
A few other facts of the current state: a) Due to multiple crisis in my personal life, and launching my first really major Drupal site, I've had practically no time to work on project*. Therefore, drupal.org is still running D5. A code freeze on D7 before upgrading d.o to D6 seems like a terrible idea. ;) b) There are some significant improvements and fixes that need to happen to Update status, and Earl has his hands full with the "chaos suite" in contrib. c) Aside from project*, I've got a few other important contribs that aren't 6.x-1.0 material yet. d) As a result of a-c, I've been almost entirely out of the loop on D7 development. I was starting to get a little bummed out that I was going to completely miss the chance to seriously work on core for the D7 release at all. Personal factors aside, I also support the more general "slow down, already" sentiment. ;) Drupal adoption is obviously taking off in a big way. I think our "we must be reborn every year or we die" attitude is running up against the reality of "if they rewrite themselves every year, I can't make use of this platform" in the real world. I'm thrilled we don't maintain backwards compatibility, but I do think we need to reconsider the pace of major releases. Thanks, -Derek (dww)