On Saturday 21 July 2007 2:51:51 pm Rex Dieter wrote: > Allen Winter wrote: > > No, I don't think we are ready for a beta release and the API + Feature > > Freeze > > that goes with a beta release. > > I think we should tag an Alpha3 on 25 July and extend our freeze dates > > forward another month. > > Then try again for a Beta1 on 25 Aug. > > This probably means delaying KDE 4.0 for at least 1 month, ie. 23 Nov. > > > For anyone who missed Mark Shuttleworth's akademy talk... he stressed > the absolute importance of regular, reliable release cycles. Not > sticking to release schedules sucks. Don't hold releases hostage for > features. > Our current methodology is: release when ready.
> <don=fedora-kde-packager-hat> > This would pretty much screw us trying to ship kde4 (as the default kde > desktop) for fedora 8 (which *is*, err maybe *was* the plan). > </don> > If I were one of your customers (and I am), I would be very wary of using KDE 4.0.x. KDE 4.1.2 sounds about right. > My totally biased suggestion: try harder to stick to schedule as much as > possible, which means > * hold folks accountable to get their sh*t fixed (I know... isn't always > possible in an opensource/volunteer world)... or... Yeah, not gonna do that. We publish milestones and hope for the best. My main concerns are: 1) our core library APIs and 2) the "KDE desktop". Before we call something "beta" we really need to have our APIs in very good shape. And we really need a relatively stable desktop, as Erik pointed out. I'm not that concerned about the applications yet. -Allen _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
