Let's do it :) I'm out of town (in NYC instead of SF) this week but that means I have a few more cycles than usual to spend on open source.
-bob On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Per Cederberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
