From: furballs <furballs@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 16:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
To: Derek Atkins <warlord@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: MD5?
In-Reply-To: <199610231610.MAA14566@charon.MIT.EDU>
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Derek Atkins wrote:

> > 	well, that is alright, &c.   BUT WHEN WILL 3.0 RELEASE?
> >     it has been imminent for at least 2 years.
> 
> It'll be released when it's done, dammit!  And it's almost done!
> Currently, I'm tracking down a few bugs, and a few details need to get
> solidified, but other than that I have it working on my desktop and I
> use it almost every day.
> 
> It's still got some testing to do, and it needs to get packaged up.
> And it still needs to get cleaned up a lot (the UI ain't pretty --
> even compared to 2.6.2!)  This is what is taking so long.
> 
> Come on, EVERY SINGLE LINE OF CODE WAS RE-WRITTEN!  And there are
> about 60000 lines in PGP3!  That's a lot of work, and the
> 70-30/80-20/90-10 rule is hitting hard.
> 
> It's coming.  We're trying to get it out as fast as we can.  But
> we're not going to sacrifice quality for a little bit of time.
> 
> -derek
> 
> 

Relax Derek,

Attila hasn't been bitting you in public over this. Patience is not one 
of his virtues sometimes, but I have never known him to be purposefully 
rude and pushy, unless invited.

I can understand that a 60K line project from the ground up can be most 
tedious exercise; sometimes a real mountain to climb. I've done this dance 
for 17+ years in many venues. However, in terms of volume, you are 
complaining at someone whose last project was 1 million+ lines of code; 
most of which he wrote himself. Volume and 90/10 doesn't impress Attila.

Instead of carping at him out of frustration; why not ask him for some 
help? 

...Paul