[m-dev.] feature freeze

[Peter Ross]

On 03-Sep-1998, Fergus Henderson <fjh at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In preparation for the next release, I suggest we instigate a freeze
> on adding new features.  That means that we should not commit any changes
> which add new features.  Bug fixes and the like are still allowed
> (and encouraged!), of course.
> 
> I suppose it would be reasonable to make an exception for changes
> which have already reached the code review stage, and which do not
> look they pose much threat to the overall system stability.
> We might also want to make other exceptions if there are some
> particularly glaring omissions that could be easily rectified.
> But in general I would like people to discuss these things first,
> and to not commit any changes that add new features without
> getting general agreement.
> 
> Comments welcome.
>
I think the next release should be delayed until we have the term
browser for the debugger done (not sure if this counts as a new feature).

Bert, any timeline for this?

Pete.