Re: [Bashburn-info] 3.0 Beta 1

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

On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:23:28 +0100
Nick Warne <ni...@uk...> wrote:

> 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?

Forgot - reason is there are a ton of fixes in TRUNK that are not in
RELEASE tree...

Nick
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