On Saturday 19 October 2002 16:06, you wrote: > > 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.
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