From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id NAA04342; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:52 +0100 (MET) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA04333 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from mwinf0404.wanadoo.fr (smtp4.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.27]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id i0HCWo521406 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:51 +0100 (MET) Received: from iliana (AStrasbourg-206-1-30-171.w81-51.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.51.153.171]) by mwinf0404.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id AA9FF3800359 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:50 +0100 (CET) Received: from luther by iliana with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AhpdC-0005xL-00 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:50 +0100 Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:32:50 +0100 To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Version 3.08 when? Message-ID: <20040117123250.GA22737@iliana> References: <1100542f463a74395c52b02b31b20dda@erisiandiscord.de> <20040117115119.GB20943@swordfish> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040117115119.GB20943@swordfish> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Sven Luther X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 sven:01 luther:01 sven:01 luther:01 2004:99 gushee:01 2004:99 3.07:01 shorter:01 3.06:01 posts:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 0700,:01 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 04:51:19AM -0700, Matt Gushee wrote: > On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 10:30:13AM +0100, Anonymous wrote: > > > > Please tell us when 3.08 final will be released. > > It has been a long time since 3.07 moved. We are stuck. > > I don't know what you consider a long time, but so far the interval is > considerably shorter than that between 3.06 and 3.07. > > Now, it may be that the pace of OCaml development is slow. Maybe it > would be better for the community if the development process were > structured differently, to involve more people and perhaps speed things > up a bit. But for better or worse, the language core is under the > control of a government research institute, which sees fit to have the > work done by a small group of dedicated (and, I'm sure, very busy) > developers. > > If you have suggestions about how to improve the process, I'm sure they > will be welcome. But you seem: > > a) to have suddenly joined the list out of nowhere (if I'm mistaken, > I apologize. But I've been on this list about a year, and can't > recall seeing any posts from you before). > b) to be *demanding* a new version of a very nice product that you get > for free. And naturally : c) posting anonymously without giving any hint of knowing anything about the ocaml community and release schedule. Friendly, Sven Luther ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners