Re: What is going on with releases, mailing lists?

[Akim Demaille]

 > Akim Demaille <address@hidden> writes:
 >> 2.58 was not announced because it has a problem that affects Automake.
 >> I never announced it, and I am somewhat unhappy that Debian has
 >> already shipped it.  All this mess results from the now asynchronous
 >> process to upload files on ftp.gnu.org.  Had it been synchronous,
 >> there would have been no 2.58 out there.

 > So at what point do you consider a product ready to ship?  There
 > was an announcement on the autotools-announce list and it
 > appeared on ftp.gnu.org.  At that point I figured it was ready to
 > go, so I packaged it and uploaded.

Yes, I'm sorry the error is clearly mine.  In the future I'll pay
attention to specify "pre announcement".  For instance 2.59 is still
waiting for the GNU ftp site, and then I'll send a real announcement.