[sakai2-tcc] [cle-release-team] Fwd: summary - Re: VOTE: Release of Sakai 2.9.2

[Steve Swinsburg]

I see what you mean about the British slang Neal ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt


On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 9:47 PM, David Horwitz <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za>wrote:

>  I think its similarly understood in the UK - its sometimes used in Rugby
> "punt for touch" which I think is similar  the gridiron roots of the term
> (avoiding 'football' for obvious reasons)
>
> D
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> On Fri, 2013-05-24 at 07:35 -0400, Neal Caidin wrote:
>
> Punt in this case is American slang, as you probably guessed. It means to
> not deal with something at the moment or leave it for later. Probably comes
> from American Football.
>
>
>
>  After googling I found that apparently punt means something different to
> Brits…
>
>
>
>  American slang:
>
> "To cease doing something; give up: *Let's punt on this and try something
> else.*
>
> Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/punt#ixzz2UD16tg53"
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>  - Neal
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>  the
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> On May 24, 2013, at 4:17 AM, Jean-Francois Leveque <
> jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr> wrote:
>
>
> What does punt mean in this case ?
>
> J-F
> French
>
> On 23/05/2013 18:06, David Horwitz wrote:
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>
>  2. see if we can untangle the 2.9.x merge regression summarized in
> KNL-1081 by Friday, 24 May 2013.  If not punt to 2.9.3.
>
>
> If we do decide to punt this we need to think carefully how this is
> communicated to the community. I'm sure we're not the only adopter who
> thought this was working till this morning. At the very least we would
> need a quick off cycle release of kernel or a quick 2.9.3.
>
>
> D
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