On Sat, 5 Nov 2011 13:46:16 -0400 Youness Alaoui
<kakar...@kakaroto.homelinux.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 1:21 PM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > > And as I've been told numerous times "a release is free".. what
> > > is it that you lose when you do a release, what's so important
> > > and critical about having a release ?
> >
> > API lock in.  Configuration file compatibility lock in.  These
> > things are important if you actually like your users.  Lock in is
> > not free, it removes freedom.
> >
> Euhh, no, for sure a major version bump is not free, but a cyclic
> release that doesn't break API/ABI or anything else, that's free, and
> that's what I was referring to.

First release, and this is what we are talking about for E17, is the one
where you get locked in.

> > > > i consider them a deal breaker :( a right now i want to not talk
> > > > dates until
> > > > AFTER efl 1.1. those dates will depend on if that gets a delay
> > > > in it or what
> > > > people do manage to do between now and then with e17. if that
> > > > todo list still
> > > > is no further along, then the timeframe has to be longer, if it
> > > > is, then shorter.
> > > >
> > > Alright, *that* in my opinion is an actual compromise of the
> > > subject discussed here (well, on the point I am making). No
> > > problems, we can talk dates after efl 1.1, I am fine with that :)
> >
> > It's what was being said all along, by a few of us.  Not a
> > compromise at all, just the plan.  There was no need to make a big
> > drama about stuff to get to this point.  lol
> >
> Well, if that was the plan, it was never said (to me anyways), this
> is the first time it was said in this whole thread.

Umm..

On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:22 PM, Carsten Haitzler
<ras...@rasterman.com>wrote:
> if people WANT A RELEASE, THEN STEPUP AND DO SOMETHING!
> 
> with those done then we can absolutely do an alpha (though it must
> wait until after efl 1.1 which is now due in about 3 weeks).

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:42 AM, David Seikel <onef...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> The consensus does seem to be that there wont be an e17 release until
> after the EFL 1.1 release anyway.  The amount of passion and time we
> are spending arguing over the exact timing of that e17 release could
> be better spent actually working on that e17 TODO and the EFL release.
>
> How about we work on it, then see how much e17 TODO is left after the
> EFL 1.1 release.  That will be a better time to argue you case, when
> it wont distract people from the work that needs to be done.  Perhaps
> by then it will be moot, and the TODO is completed.

On Sunday, October 30, 2011, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
wrote:
> i'm working on the todo and efl 1.1 after efl 1.1 its e17 and elm
> 1.0. e17 involves working on the tasks assigned.


It's a very long thread, there are probably other mentions.  You even
quoted some of these yourself.  You must have read them.  B-)

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