2007/10/31, D. Michael McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tuesday 30 October 2007, Chris Cannam wrote: > > Next question: do we want to put either of the new startup dialogs > > (the "new version available" dialog or the "welcome" one) into 1.6.0? > > I wouldn't mind, but they're really rough, and I'd like for us to make at > least some effort at tweaking them before they go public. >
The splash is beautiful. I considered it as a current "welcome". > > Reasons not to push it into 1.6.0: our download page needs an overhaul > > first; > > We can overhaul that anytime. Few people will see the dialog until around a > year from now anyway. > > > our welcome text isn't very good yet; it would add more strings > > to translate; we would probably want to merge the "package not found" > > dialogs if we were adding yet more new startup dialogs, which means > > more work; and if we don't do anything else to 1.6.0, we can get a pre1 > > tarball built (and start a formal string freeze) before the end of > > October, which is not exactly meeting our target but is slightly more > > satisfying than getting nothing at all out this month either. > > True. I just about think it's worth throwing something out though, even if > it's crap. Just because if we don't, it will be 18 months from now or more > before anyone ever sees it. > > -- > D. Michael McIntyre I would also put this version adverting in. But, the choice "hide this message forever", could be changed into "hide this message until version number pumps up again". It would be a nice way to inform the users of Rosegarden when new version would appear again. -- Heikki ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
