From: Bill F. <bil...@mi...> - 2004-03-30 14:31:59
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Hi, On Tue, 30 Mar 04, "Mattern Thibaut" wrote: > Citation de Miguel Freitas <mi...@ce...>: > > > Hi Thibaut, > > > > On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 07:09, Mattern Thibaut wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > rc3b problems (except some strange reports) have been > > fixed, and > > > patches for new stuff have not been merged yet, i think > > it's perhaps > > > the right time for a new release. > > > > given the important bugs, deadlocks and hangs present on > > rc3b, having a > > new release should be a wise idea. > > > > but, imho, this numbering scheme is starting to look a > > little strange... > > is like we were afraid of reaching the 1.0. or just like > > tex which is > > slowly going to pi... ;-) > > we're slowly going to 1rc4, do not even think about 1rc5 ;-) > What would be the impact of releasing 1.0 right now ? > Siggi will object that it's not christmas time ;-) IMHO, when you get serious about releasing 1.0, you should start treating the rc releases like real rc releases. By that I mean there should be a freeze on any new features and improvements. Only bug fixes should go into the rc releases at that point, and there should be a call for extensive user testing. Once that stabilizes, the last rc release gets re-released as 1.0. Any new development should either wait or take place in a separate branch. BTW when did "Thibaut Mattern" become "Mattern Thibaut" (in the mail "From:" header)? -Bill |