Am 15.09.2004 um 16:32 schrieb stéphane ducasse:

>>
>> For those in need of stability: Maybe one idea would be if those 
>> could step forward and just *do* the 3.8 release.
>> That is, get the harvested stuff in, harvest some more, declare a 
>> beta, coordinate the beta and gamma phase,
>> help with the full image... the only reason why 3.7 took so long was 
>> that everybody involved does not
>> care if the release is done today or next week, because they don't 
>> need it.
>
> Indeed I have the same feeling here ;)
> Let us see if some stable guys will show up :)
>

Yes. And in general, I think for me I can say that for 3.8 and 3.9 i 
will most certainly not be able to put as many
time into harvesting than I did for 3.7.

Involvement of more people into getting stuff into the next releases 
will be IMHO realy critical.
I hope that the new ideas for 3.8a harvesting will be successful. It is 
*realy* *realy* important to get that working.

And if nobody helps,  we should take that as a community vote for just 
stopping any further development.

Lots of people would be happy with that, I think. No strange people any 
more who want  something else than
Smalltalk 80, no need to put so many work into porting your realy 
important project over to that strange 3.6 or 3.7
that didn't have any important changes anyway...

        Marcus