Updates Vision clarification / status

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 08:58 -0400, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 07/23/2010 11:55 AM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> > I'd like to propose modifying the statement somehow.
> > Perhaps something like: 
> > 
> > Stable releases should strive to provide a consistent user experience throughout
> > the lifecycle, focusing on bug and security fixes. 
> 
> I'm not a fan. I think this is roughly the policy that we have today,
> which has caused so much strife. Surely, there will be exceptions, but
> this wording makes the exception the rule.
> 
> Or, to put it blunt, if you say "should" and "strive to", you need to
> realistically replace with "won't".
> 

+1. If you put in weasel words to begin with then people will use them
to weasel their way out of complying with the INTENT of the rule.

-sv