Re: [Wirelessdriver-devel] Decision on releasing a build...

[Steve W. <sw...@pa...>]

On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Rob McKeever wrote:

> OK...
>
> I've giving it a bit of thought and I think this will help to
> keep everyone happy with some small compromises.  I want to
> release the code as it stands right now without the network
> search code as beta 3 and then start work on getting the code
> reorganized and cleaned up for beta 4.

This sounds like the best path.

>
> If I add the network search code to the driver as is, it'll
> likely be limited to the Lucent Silver cards for now, and don't
> want to make the code any more product specific.  The other
> option is to name this release as 3A and then to a 3B release
> with search code for specific cards at some point shortly down
> the road, but before the code rewrite is complete.

I don't think playing with the version numbers makes much difference..
most users will go straight for the latest revision number, and then flame
you when it doesn't work. Perhaps it's reached a point of stability that
you could release a 1.0, and then start a new dev branch (1.1)?

~swain

> So... for the next revision, I'm aiming for:
> 	1) Isolation of all of the 802.11 code from the
> vendor-specific hardware code
> 		** This is the biggest and most important change that
> needs to be made.
>
> 	2) Automatic detection of networks
>
> 	3) Clean removal and re-insertion of the card.
> 		There may still be issues with interface naming, but at
> least you wont crash anymore
>
> 	4) Better behaviour during sleep.
>
> I'll make this new installer available to the members of this
> list later on today, unless anybody's got any major objections.
> Once I've had a few of you verify that it works OK, I'll release
> it to the public witht he appropriate announcements.
>
> -Rob McKeever
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