On Fri, 2006-01-13 at 02:45 +0800, Craig Ringer wrote: > Calum Polwart wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 15:05 +0100, Craig Bradney wrote: > >> Hi All > >> > >> This is just a quick email to announce string freeze for 1.3.2 release. We > >> expect to release within 2-3 weeks. Updated ts/po/qm files will be in CVS > >> in > >> a few hours.. > > Just out of curiosity what is a string freeze? > > We spend a few weeks where we don't alter user visible text in Scribus. > That gives translators time to catch up, without feeling like they're > chasing a target that's constantly running away. It's also usual to > spend the string freeze period trying to track down and fix some of the > nastier bugs in current CVS, so that a somewhat more stable than usual > snapshot of 1.3 cvs can be released. >
Thanks. Sorry I didn't mean to make you write so much! I should have applied my job advert theory - if you don't understand the abreviations/terms in a job advert - you shouldn't be applying! But sometimes I just have to know! > > What will be released? A stable version? > > No, in this case the freeze is for 1.3.2, so it'll be a snapshot of the > development series. That's a release that's a bit safer and more stable > than the actual devel CVS mainline, but not in any way a "stable" > release in the formal sense of the word. Given how many people use 1.3.x > routinely, though, I expect it'll get used as if it was a formal stable > release by quite a lot of folks. > > You can compare 1.3.x snapshot releases to the Linux 2.5.x releases. > They're not stable releases, they're just milestones in development > where we're pretty sure it won't actually climb out of your computer > looking for more valuable data to munch on ;-) . Of course, Scribus is > almost infinitely likely to eat your data than an experimental kernel > snapshot, but hey, it's just an analogy. > > A similar procedure is used when doing a true stable release, eg for > 1.2.5. We freeze strings for a few weeks to let translators catch up, > fix some bugs, and tag the release. That's what I thought was the current situation which is why 'release' confused me - but I guess that's the freeze... all making sense now. Thanks again. Calum > > -- > Craig Ringer > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060112/41adc066/attachment.html
