To one who can only occasionally peruse the kernel activity such as
myself, the long delay for this next release seems to have been as much
because we as a community don't attempt to define, at least publicly,
what particular features we want in the next release. While everyone is
always free to work on whatever piece of code he wants, a specific
target is always easier to aim at. One method of doing this is for
those who are closest to the kernel to make an estimate of how far we
can go is some time, say 1/3/6/12 months, and see which particular
projects have a decent chance of being completed by then. Having an
overall goal with general time frames gives the casual hacker an idea of
where he could do the most good on donating his time.
Billy
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