We've been making really good progress recently (hurray covers!), and I want to get a feel for what other people think about the current status of the build as well as put some pressure behind a beta release. To that end, at some regular interval, maybe every two weeks, I'll send an email to the list asking "Why not now?" The idea being, the devs should provide a list of the fixes/features/work that they think are preventing a beta release.
For myself, I'd say my only major blocker is that the Deere skin needs to be cleaned up. Max and I had talked about some things, and he mentioned some manual work that needs to be done. I need to flesh out the bits about master sync, the midi wizard, and the new skin system for example. The problem with this tactic is that I've been sitting around waiting for someone to pick up the Deere skin work. That creates a conflict between me thinking the skin needs fixing for the release, but nobody is doing it. So my controversial addition to this plan is: if you think something is a blocker, you do the work on it :). If you think someone else's PR needs to get finished, I think it's time to just pick it up and finish it. So this weekend I will start poking at Deere, removing all the crazy background colors and cleaning it up. (There has been some hesitation releasing a beta because a beta should be releasable as a proper major version if it goes well. I actually disagree, since that's what I'd call a "release candidate." But if we want to call the next release an alpha2 that's ok with me.) So like I said, here are my blockers: * Deere skin work * Manual updates So, why not now? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Comprehensive Server Monitoring with Site24x7. Monitor 10 servers for $9/Month. Get alerted through email, SMS, voice calls or mobile push notifications. Take corrective actions from your mobile device. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=154624111&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
