Re: [Bashburn-info] 3.0 Beta 1

[Nick W. <ni...@uk...>]

On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:11:50 +0200
Markus Kollmar <mar...@on...> wrote:

> Anders Lindén wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 October 2008 02:10:43 you wrote:
> >   
> >> Anders Lindén schrieb:
> >>     
> >>> So guys, I'm thinking I'll release 3.0 beta1 tonight or tomorrow.
> >>> If anyone feels that's a bad idea let me know, otherwise I'll do
> >>> it. I'll include the English, Swedish and German translation
> >>> because as 
> > far as I
> >   
> >>> know those are the ones updated.
> >>> We've tested this thing pretty good so I feel good releasing a 
> >>>       
> > beta to
> >   
> >>> hunt down any hard to find bugs that might still be there.
> >>>       
> >> Ok, Anders. Big marking as beta I think would be ok. So we could 
> >>     
> > get
> >   
> >> more people for testing - and since there is a "rule" to release
> >> often in open source development, this may also a point.
> >>
> >> Ahh - Anders you can look to the Swedish translation. I have added 
> >>     
> > the
> >   
> >> variable
> >>
> >> bb_main_menu=MAIN
> >>
> >> in file "BashBurn.lang" for main-menue header text printing. 
> >>     
> > Translate it
> >   
> >> to swedish if necessary.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> By the way - did you removed the link to the svn web-interface on 
> >>     
> > the
> >   
> >> bashburn website? I cna't find it anymore. I think it would be
> >> nice to 
> > have
> >   
> >> it there, or don' t think so?
> >>
> >> Markus
> >>     
> >
> > Alright Markus, I'll add and translate that.
> > No I haven't removed that link from the web page. It's located
> > under downloads -> webSVN
> >
> >   
> 
> Anders, we have a small problem with Beta 1!
> 
> I have done yesterday some changes in the trunk (also the mentioned 
> swedish language updating).
> Now I saw you have not moved all files for the release 3.0 from
> 'trunk' to 'release' shortly before you created the release-package.
> 
> I should had tell you this - so you thought that there was no major 
> changes in the trunk since you created the release branch.
> In my humble opinion I think it would be good if we use following 
> process to make a release and to avoid such things in future:
> 
> 
> 1. Like you did - tell others per mailing list shortly before release 
> whether it is ok to create a release for the main developers, and
> tell the short time period in which the creation is planned.
> 
> 2. Then lock the trunk branch (via "svn lock") and move ALL files
> from trunk to release.
> 
> 3. Create package from release tree.
> 
> 4. Unlock trunk branch.
> 
> 
> Is this a way?
> However, Anders now we can maybe in near future release beta 2.
> Hehe - before we got installed beta 1, it is already outdated.
> If we would be a company we could make much money and users would be 
> impressed about the dynamic of improvements.  ;-)

Also I see somebody is only updating RELEASE tree?  I thought TRUNK
would be moved to RELEASE for beta 1?

Nick
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