Re: GNOME 2.26 module inclusion discussion heats up

[Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org>]

Le lundi 12 janvier 2009, à 10:54 +0100, Frederic Crozat a écrit :
> Le dimanche 11 janvier 2009 à 04:39 +0000, Bastien Nocera a écrit :
> > On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 00:10 +0100, Andre Klapper wrote:
> > > Ahoj,
> > > 
> > > a reminder that module inclusion discussion must heat up now. 
> > > At January 19th, Module Freeze takes place: New modules and
> > > functionality for GNOME 2.26 will be chosen[1]. Next weekend, the GNOME
> > > Release Team will meet and decide about the proposed modules.
> > 
> > I'd just like to mention that if gnome-user-share was accepted, it
> > wouldn't get the treatment (eg. the integration of the sharing
> > preferences with vino) that it should have had because the release team
> > took too long to make up their minds.

I'm wondering why you didn't raise this issue before: the schedule is
public, and I'm sure we could have thought about this in some ways --
either trying to come to a decision earlier, or making some exceptions
to the freeze for the relevant modules, or...

> Ahem, there was nothing preventing you to do the integration work before
> acceptance. The only constraint would be to not hard requires
> gnome-user-share from vino.
> 
> Deadline has always been the same for new modules decision.
> 
> > The process seems to allow no grounds for improvement in between the
> > acceptance and the final release (already in string freeze, too close to
> > UI freeze and feature freeze).
> 
> I beg to differ.

Well, Bastien certainly has a point for big changes that take time to
stabilize. I'm unsure how big the current case is, though.

Bastien, do you already have a plan in mind? Maybe even some prototype
code/UI?

Vincent

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