Hi everyone, This is a long email in the series "why don't we release 1.4 already?". But at least I tried to shorten down the opinion pieces.
#1. Importance of a release Personally I think it is important that we do a release of version 1.4. Other projects (e.g. TurboGears) tend to depend on stable releases. And it is good advertising for the project to have regular releases. I know lots of people here use the svn version and are happy with that. But I find the value of a proper MochiKit 1.4 release sufficiently large to volunteer as a maintainer for the stable version. #2. Now rather than later I also think we are long overdue with a 1.4 release. As the stars are currently aligned in an optimal constellation, I think now is the perfect time for a release. Just today we've finally fixed the last reported bug in MochiKit 1.4 (but for some issues I'll close as worksforme/wontfix unless I get feedback). You can find the current bug list here -- http://trac.mochikit.com/report/3 #3. Feature freeze I know several people want to push bits into MochiKit at the moment (myself included). But new features invariably mean new bugs. And we currently have a stable bug-fixed version that has not undergone much change for about a year. I'd like us to push that version out the door with the 1.4 label attached before doing surgery in MochiKit.Selector, adding widgets, new string formatting, or other stuff. Those of us that use svn trunk will still be able to get all that stuff in a few weeks once the release has been tagged and development on 1.5 begins. Personally I'd suggest a two week freeze before the release, but that is a matter of taste. #4. Testing, testing, testing In order find any remaining issues in version 1.4, I'd like to encourage everyone to test their apps/websites with the latest svn trunk version of MochiKit. Issues can be reported either directly on trac.mochikit.com or on this mailing list. I'll try to address each and every one in a timely manner. You can also contribute by running the test suite in your favorite browser environments. Below is a link and the results as of today. http://svn.mochikit.com/mochikit/trunk/tests/index.html Linux - Firefox 3 - OK Mac - Firefox 3 - OK Mac - Safari 3 - OK Mac - Opera 9.6 - OK Mac - IE 6 (via CrossOver) - OK Windows - IE 7 - OK Windows - Firefox 3/Windows - OK Windows - Safari 3 - OK Windows - Chrome Build 2200 - OK Opinions? What does Bob think? Cheers, /Per PS. I just discovered that Google Groups silently dropped all my emails that used another sender address, so I'm currently resending all my recent postings. Hence the sudden email bombing... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
