Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Peter S. Housel
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 10:07 +0200, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right > signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and > people can start looking at the new package. I would recommend calling it 0.90, since obviously

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Patrick Paul
Jeremias Maerki wrote: Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and people can start looking at the new package. (..) Jeremias Maerki I agree, we have to be carefull to send the right message. Patric

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Chris Bowditch
Jeremias Maerki wrote: The subject says it all: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanFirstPR This is open for discussion. I'd really love to get the first release out by the end of September. Thats a good objective. I've reviewed the plan and it looks good. I noticed that there

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Jeremias Maerki
On 31.08.2005 10:29:07 Manuel Mall wrote: > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:07 pm, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > > Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right > > signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and > > people can start looking at the new package. > > >

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Manuel Mall
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:07 pm, Jeremias Maerki wrote: > Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right > signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and > people can start looking at the new package. > Fine, not a problem for me. > We don't just have featu

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-31 Thread Jeremias Maerki
Like others I'm hesitant to call it 1.0 just yet. 0.9 sends the right signal IMO. We're not quite where we want to be but we are soon and people can start looking at the new package. We don't just have features that exceed FOP 0.20.5. We also have points where FOP Trunk is still inferior to 0.20.5

Re: Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-30 Thread Manuel Mall
Excellent - I like the sound of it :-). Personally, after having now used the trunk a bit and seeing the test cases, etc., I would be a bit "bolder" and go for a name like "1.0 alpha" or "1.0EA" (I think that's the terminology Sun is using for unstable early releases). The big disclaimers still

Let's write the release plan for the first preview release

2005-08-30 Thread Jeremias Maerki
The subject says it all: http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics-fop/ReleasePlanFirstPR This is open for discussion. I'd really love to get the first release out by the end of September. Jeremias Maerki