On Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:53:19 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote: > Hi all, > > I am in favor of getting PA3 out before we merge in big changes, but I'm > not really happy with just slapping a version number onto whatever we > currently have and releasing it. > Instead I personally think PA is mature enough to do "proper" release > management - like KDE SC or several Extragear projects - by now, meaning > - Branching PA3 out from Trunk > - Setting a feature freeze (since we're not in the standard translation > process yet, we won't need a string freeze, correct?) > - Maybe doing a Beta release > - Doing one or more RC(s) > - Releasing only when PA3 is stable enough > I don't think we can get PA3 out in August that way, but we could reopen > Trunk for the merges before we release PA3. > > I believe that especially Vivaldi owners (I assume they will receive their > devices in the near future) should get a release which is stable enough > (even if not "feature-complete") for everyday use soon. If we put out PA3 > in a hurry just because we want to merge in new stuff, they will be stuck > with an unfinished product until PA4, which I don't think is a good thing. > Yes, those who have preordered Vivaldi tablets are surely mostly > enthusiasts / geeks who don't mind a few bugs, but they should be able to > show their devices to their friends without fearing that something might > break easily.
Is PA3 going to be a maintained branch with updates and fixes? > What do you think? > > Cheers, > Thomas > _______________________________________________ > Active mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active _______________________________________________ Active mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/active
