[cfe-dev] [LLVMdev] Reminder: 2.7 code freeze in 1.5 weeks

[Óscar Fuentes]

Maurice Gittens
<mainmanmauricio at gmail.com> writes:

> I may have misunderstood, but I figured that Doug is suggesting to get
> known issues fixed so that clang++ might be ready for broader testing.
> More test coverage will shake out a lot of the remaining issues at a
> quicker rate.
>
> If the community contributes by increasing the test coverage
> for clang++ then the core clang team could concentrate on fixing the
> real the community would report.
>
> I think Doug is suggesting that a bit more time will enable more
> community participation in shaking out remaining issues during
> the next cycle.
>
> Would clang++ not be ready sooner in this way?

This reminds me of the KDE 4.x debacle. If clang++ is to be released in
"almost working" status, expecting that the users will play the role of
QA engineers, please advertise it as such. Prominently.

Signed: a KDE user.