mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu (David McIntyre) (10/25/88)
I haven't posted this question for the last couple of weeks hoping that someone else would ask something similar, because I don't want to be a pain in the ass to people who are doing good things, but no one has asked, so here it goes: We have a number of X projects that are about to be starting implementation. Because I was one of the first people at RPI to start using X, people frequently ask me question. The one everyone wants the answer to is: Should I start the project using release 2 widget sets, or should I wait for release 3, which is supposed to contain much nicer widget sets? I have seen mention of the new widget sets, but I don't know how long it is until release 3. Can someone give me an off the record, rough estimate of release 3's expected date? Thanks, Dave Dave "mr question" McIntyre | "....say you're thinking about a plate home : 518-276-5842 | of shrimp.....and someone says to office : 518-276-8633 | you `plate,' or `shrimp'......" mcintyre@turing.cs.rpi.edu |
swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick) (10/25/88)
> Can someone give me an off the record, rough estimate of release 3's > expected date? RSN, but by all means get started with the R2 widgets. Updating your applications will take much less time than you'll spend experimenting with ideas and finding the appropriate ways to use what's there. As an aside, when R3 initially ships, the two larger widget sets from HP and Sony will still be using the R2 Intrinsics (a bugfixed copy of which will be in contrib/Xhp). They wanted more time to do QA, etc. We are promised that updated versions will be available soon but we can't delay the rest of R3...