Re: [Rosegarden-devel] Rosegarden "Thorn"

[D. M. M. <ros...@gm...>]

On Saturday 31 January 2009, Chris Cannam wrote:

> I see you seem to have picked Thorn for references in the preview
> release bits & bobs -- can I choose this rather late moment to say
> that I don't like it?

Nope.

The last vote we had was a 50/50 split, and I broke the tie arbitrarily, 
because I needed that decided in order to continue, and I decided not to wait 
for your input, because it's not unusual for you to let my communications sit 
there for days or weeks before you respond to them, if you ever do at all.  
(I'm merely pointing out this fact with no particular emotion attached.)

I figured if you objected to that, which you apparently have, we'd change the 
codename at beta time, and just use this one leading up to that point.

So now I'm deciding that.  It's "Thorn" up to a first public beta we actually 
expect real users to try, at which point we'll reveal the real codename 
is "Abraham Darby," and publish that little vignette.

There.  That nice and quick.  If we had waited for you to get back to us, it 
might have been Beltane before we could publish the release note.  And no, 
I'm sick to death of calling it "the Qt4 port."  This codename business is 
the right way to go.  It creates a bit of mystery, and a bit of anticipation, 
and helps underscore the fact that we really are doing something, even though 
Ohloh thinks our project is "in danger" now.
-- 
D. Michael McIntyre