GNOME 2.0 Desktop 'Alpha' Release

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

Hi all,

It has been suggested - mostly by the wailing and gnashing of teeth of GNOME
hackers everywhere, and members of the release team bleeding from the ears
from said wailing - that the first desktop beta release be renamed to an
alpha.

There are no plans to reschedule in the near future, which means we have
only one beta and one release candidate left before release for significant
public testing.

[ 'Alpha' - whilst often misinterpreted as 'sucks more' - means 'heavily in
development'. So, if you're not already heavily developing, it's TIME TO
KICK ASS! ]

   October 24 Package List FREEZE - package list for Gnome 2.0 finalized
   October 31 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2. Platform Alpha 2
   November 2 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Platform Alpha 2
   November 2 API FREEZE - any further API changes must be individually
     approved [1]
   November 23 Feature FREEZE - no feature additions for core packages
     w/o approval of release team [1]
   December 10 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 API Frozen Platform Beta
   December 14 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 API Frozen Platform Beta

  .-------------.
 / YOU ARE HERE /
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   January 11 UI FREEZE - no more UI changes w/o approval of release team
     (excludes 1.4 feature porting) [1]
   January 14 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha [2]
   January 16 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Alpha
   January 28 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Beta [2]
   January 30 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Beta
   January 30 Porting FREEZE - porting complete as per GNOME 2.0 Porting
     Guide [1]
   February 4 String FREEZE - no more localizable string changes w/o
     approval of release team [1]
   February 18 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1 [2]
   February 20 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1
   February 20 DEEP FREEZE - release team approved fixes only from now to
     final [1]
   March 13 PACKAGES DUE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Final [2]
   March 15 RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Final

- Jeff

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