On Sunday 22 July 2007 6:36:14 pm Cornelius Schumacher wrote: > On Monday 23 July 2007 00:00, Tom Albers wrote: > > Op za 21 jul 2007 18:44 schreef u: > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > If we do this, I'd like some help putting together a "kdelibs to-do" > > > that lists all the things we need done in kdelibs before the API freeze. > > > > > > Comments? > > > -Allen > > > > We already talked this over on irc together, but to state it publically: I > > completely agree with above. So +1 from me. I also feel we should do at > > least two beta's, so it indeed means at least a month delay for the final > > release. > > I have no specific opinion about whether it's good to delay the release or > not > right now, as I'm not familiar enough with the current state of the code. But > if we delay the release can we please be very explicit why we do that and > what the criteria are, so we can make sure that it doesn't happen again and > again. > > My gut feeling is that everything which is not in kdelibs should not be a > reason to delay the release. > > As somebody who does some third-party KDE application development I have to > say that it's endlessly frustrating to not be able to make use of Qt4/KDE4 > because there is no stable kdelibs 4 release. I would rather like to see the > KDE 4 desktop itself and its applications emerge during the subsequent > releases than blocking third-party apps development any longer. >
So far I haven't found anyone who thinks we are at beta quality. We could freeze the API as planned on 25 July, with a few exceptions. But maybe I'm wrong. Are we beta quality?? -Allen _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
