On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 03:42:39PM -0400, Gianni Johansson wrote: > > > For PR purposes, we need to decide which day we will do the 0.5 release. > We should not decide release deadlines based on PR concerns.
I am not deciding a release deadline based on PR concerns, I am deciding to have a release deadline based on PR concerns. > We should do the release only after the code is stable. The only way to know > the code is stable is to test it. This is exactly what we have been doing for the last 15 days. > I would suggest at a minimum, *after* the Windows installer is working > perfectly we freeze CVS, bump the minimum build number to force all > non-release candidate nodes off the network and test for at least one week. > Two would be better. The Windows installer is irrelevant, it has its own release schedule. > There two things that I want to get in before a freeze: > 0) Cleaner handling of undecodable splitfiles in the fproxy SplitFile > downloading ui. > 1) Update the FEC code in freenet_ext.jar to use the onionnetworks 1.0.3 > release which has full source for all support libraries. The changes between > 1.0.2 and 1.0.3 are small. The output should be bit-for-bit compatible so > this shouldn't be a disruptive change. > > I should be done with these by the end of the weekend. If they can be suitably tested by wednesday, then do it - if not, wait until 0.5.1. > I wouldn't even consider making announcements to press until after we have > tested for at least a week. We have been testing for the last 15 days. > > Getting good PR coverage is essential, > Hyping freenet is a bad idea. When it works well people with tell other > people about it and the userbase will grow organically until journalists > start to call you. Don't be dumb - more users means more testing and more donations. More donations means that we can pay Matthew to work for longer, and that is good for the project. > > as it will lead to wide > > deployment and more donations > !!! > We should not be manipulating press coverage to make money. That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard you say. > Are we really short of money? If so just put a request on the > freenetproject.org site asking for donations. I would be surprised if > you didn't get whatever is nescessary. We will, it will be part of the 0.5 release. Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20021019/146bbecd/attachment.pgp>
