Re: GNOME 1.4 Schedule Change

[Carlos Perelló Marín <carlos gnome-db org>]

Then, When will be the total frozen?, I mean, which is the timeline to
upload the po translations into CVS?


El 06 Mar 2001 07:09:06 -0800, Maciej Stachowiak escribió:
> 
> The GNOME 1.4 Release Team recently decided on a change to the GNOME
> 1.4 release schedule. We decided to drop Beta 3, move Release
> Candidate 1 up a bit, and push the 1.0 final release date out a
> bit. We also decided to give ourselves the option to call for another
> release candidate cycle if RC1 does not appear to be cutting it. Here
> is the new schedule:
> 
> * 14-03-2001 - Packages due for GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1;
>   maintainers should build and name these as if they were the final
>   packages for the release, since the goal is to change as few things
>   as possible from RC1 to final.
> 
> * 16-03-2001 - GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1 is released.
> 
> * 23-03-2001 - Release Team meets to decide if RC2 is needed. Other
>   interested parties may join.
> 
> * 28-03-2001 - Due date for packages for final release, or RC2 if we
>   decide to add a cycle.
> 
> * 30-03-2001 - GNOME 1.4 Final ships (or RC2 if we decide to add a
>   cycle).
> 
> If RC2 is added, we will announce a new target date which will be
> after GUADEC. We wou
> 
> 
> 
> In making this decision, we considered many factors:
> 
> * Nautilus 1.0 was delayed 7 days from March 5th to March 12th.
> 
> * 10 day beta cycle made it difficult for anyone to provide binary
>   packages of the betas.
> 
> * 10 day beta cycles did not give testers adequate time.
> 
> * Shipping GNOME 1.4 before GUADEC is important; this would allow
>   GUADEC to be a proper kickoff for GNOME 2, improving the odds of
>   making our goal of shipping GNOME 2 this calendar year.
> 
> 
> In conclusion, I'd like to add that the small 3-day slip in the final
> date already added, and the possible considerable slip until after
> GUADEC, are not the fault of the hackers who have all been doing
> amazing work and pitching in to make the release come together. The
> blame lies aquarely on the GNOME 1.4 Release Team, and particularly on
> me as chair of the Release Team for not coming up with a realistic
> plan that met everyone's needs.
> 
> Let's all get cranking now and make GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1 as
> good as we possibly can, so that if all goes well we can avoid the RC2
> cycle, ship final before GUADEC, and move on to GNOME 2. That's
> something that will really be in all of our interests. We'll be
> setting up the staging areas for RC1 shortly; get your packages in as
> soon as possible.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Maciej
> 
> 
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