RE: [Aimmath-developers] proposal to delay and JISC

[Gustav W D. <gu...@ma...>]

Ken wrote:

> I propose that we delay the release of the AiM 3.0 beta for at least a
> month.  It would allow us to fix all the bugs  correctly and would give us
> time to add more features and test the new version more thoroughly.  While
> it would be nice to release a new version for the start of the Fall
> semester, it might do AiM's reputation more good in the long run if new
> users have a good first impression by giving them a more stable,
> well-tested
> release to play with.

I agree with the bit about delaying the release of AiM 3.0 beta, that's what
we have been doing. But I don't agree that we can delay it for a month.

Maybe AiM 2003 would have been a better name than AiM 3.0 to make my view
clear. There needs to be a stable release that we can use during the
upcoming academic year. And this release needs multi-part questions.

I also agree with Ken that we need more time to produce a more polished
version of AiM. We should make sure that AiM 2004 will be truly polished.

As far as we in the UK are concerned, the real deadline for the stable
release of AiM 2003 is the start of the autumn term in the second week
of October. So that is still over one month away. But to be sure that it
will be truly stable, we have to continue to give ourselves tight deadlines
for the beta.

> In addition, I have about 3000 lines of new code and bug fixes that I have
> been documenting and working on all week in order to get it ready
> to commit,
> but I would like to discuss these changes with the list and test them with
> the changes others have made recently before committing them.
> Thus I think
> a one month delay would do the project a lot of good.

Wonderful! I am looking forward to seeing your new code. I think we can
still
get it into AiM 2003. How about delaying the beta for another week?

> On a related matter, I have fixed the problem with the guest account that
> Chris reported, but didn't commit that fix yet.

Thanks for the fix. Please commit it as soon as you get a chance.

Gustav