[Koha] Koha releases - Clarification/correction

[MJ Ray]

Stacy Pober wrote: [...]
> Today, someone from Liblime contacted me to explain that the estimate
> of 4 or 5 years as the time for the community to integrate such a
> large amount of code was a "humorous ad lib comment" rather than a
> serious answer to my question

I'm so cross about that, that I don't want to write much, but I really
don't want to let that "community is slow" mud be slung without
someone washing it off with a few key facts:

Koha 3.0:
  Release manager from LibLime.
  Announced release date "end of 2006".
  Actual release date 11 Aug 2008.

Many of the challenges currently facing the community arise from that
in various ways - as I understand it, at least two support companies
shipped stabilised pre-3.0 versions in order to fulfil contracts - so
I don't think Liblime should be making jokes about poor timekeeping by
others in the Koha community.  Physician, heal thyself!

Hope that explains,
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