[TAG] Re: [Lgang] Issue 100 schedule

[Ben Okopnik]

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 09:38:24AM -0800, Heather wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 05:43:13PM -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:
> >  
> > Sorry to hear that. They'll probably turn up in a drawer somewhere, if
> > they haven't yet turned into coat hangers or paper clips or old keys
> > that don't fit anything (it's the standard hatching cycle for aliens
> > that come to Earth in spore form; that's why you always find those
> > things. There's also the variety that goes through a "mens underwear"
> > stage and implants a "never throw away" directive in the mind of the
> > drawer owner.)
>  
> *snicker* I predict under the couch, sometime after we get around to
> getting one.
 
S'alright, they're temporally flexible and will wait in an unused corner
of the Multiverse until you do. Under-the-couch space is highly-valued
breeding space, y'know; 6 out of 7 aliens expressed a strong preference,
even after we eliminated the hivemind participant[s].

> Oh please. I'm advised on good authority I'm from *outer* space, not one
> of the local pads.  And that's said of the real Heather.  Luckily there
> are plenty of kindred spirits around.
 
[laugh] Reminds me of a something Phil Foglio showed me at LASFS, a
comic strip he did where a guy is playing silly games for his
girlfriend's amusement; he leans over to the cat and stage-whispers:
"Don't worry, Martian brother! I know you're here to spy on the humans,
but I won't give you away!" The cat's response in the next panel is a
thought bubble with a panicked "OH SHIT, HE KNOWS!"

> tag interim1 (iow, apparently complete, but no blurb yet) and tips
> tarballs in my dropzone: http://www.starshine.org/lg/
 
I'm assuming that the tips are complete - correct? I've also added
tag_interim1 to the repository and placed a HOLD on it as a backup
measure; *please* let me know if you change any filenames in the process
of finalizing it.

> mumble mutter mailbag grump.

[blink] Yeeeees?

> day late and a few tips short, that seems to be my standard schedule.
> Stats: 7 tag, 16 tips.

But is OK and coming up, yes? Or is part of one of the above?

> > Well, it _is_ issue 100, and a new logo would be a major-league Good
> > Thing from my perspective - but I'll leave to your own sense of
> > welness/sleep/sheduling arrangements. Sure would be nice if you could
> > fit it in, though.
>  
> See what I can do this eve :)
 
[grin] I'll be here. If I need to, I'll set an hourly alarm; my sleep
buffer is comfortably full.

> > > Jim expressed that with the habit we're making of one-week-late maybe
> > > we should make that official release policy...
> > 
> > Either that or start the cycle a week earlier. You've mentioned having
> > your social, etc. schedules already tweaked to allow the space for it
> > where it is; if anyone else has a strong preference, speak now or
> > forever hold your piss; we are in RFC status on this question.
>  
> I could probably move the start point back a little bit, but roll it
> back too far and it'll conflict with BayLISA.

No one seems to be expressing any preference the other way, so the
current vote seems to be "antiquo", as the Romans used to say (i.e.,
"keep things the way the were".) We'll start mixing and pouring the
concrete sometime soon - not that we've ever actually _had_ a release
date policy other than "kinda sorta monthly". I think.


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