personally, i do not have a problem with how long its taking boonex to release D7. but what i think was done that has mislead and caused great frustration is that there was this big TODO about the release of D7 with promised dates. this has caused many to delay their D6 development, which should have never happened. at most there could have been an announcement of a beta7, but never should there have been any discussion about a release of D7.

i commend andrew for not releasing a known bug-laden see more application, however at the same time, there are mention that there are bugs reported on the forum, the bugs dont make it to trac, there are those of us who have reported (i tried, didnt work out for me) to trac, there are others who are reporting to the forum.

there is a problem with this methodology, in that there is a percentage that is a bug, there is a percentage that is end-user error, and there is a percentage that is server configuration, this has come about because boonex opened up their beta realm to the masses.

this is problematic because the only bugs some would know how to track would have wings and we call 'em roaches in texas, and you take 'em out with a can of hair spray and a lighter.

i think the release should take as long as it takes, but i also think that the bugs that are being reported, regardless of how trivial the programmers may consider them to be, they should be fixed or at least commented on in trac, so that we know we are not carrying 30 bugs from D7B1 across D7B3, picking up 40 more bugs on B3, coupled with the carry over from B1, maybe they get credit like cell phones, and your minutes, rollover bugs, ack yeah thats right, thats what the roach will do when you tag is dirty filthy insect tail with that can of hair spray and lighter.

at any rate, wanted to rant and this seemed like as good a place as any.

Regards,
DosDawg