Re: GNOME 1.4 release timetable revision

["Ali Abdin" <aliabdin aucegypt edu>]

> Here's a revision to account for some recent information. Package
> maintainers, I'd love whatever feedback you might have on this
> schedule, especially things we need to change.
>
>
> 1/29  Nautilus PR3 release
>
> 2/5   Library freeze date - create 1.4 branches, bug fix only mode
> 2/10  Freeze date for everything else - bug fix only mode, branch as
needed
> 2/10  Drop dead date for packages - any proposed new packages which are
>       not ready will be dropped)
> 2/15  Package due date for GNOME 1.4 Beta 1 (maintainers must upload
>                                              packages by this date)
> 2/17  GNOME 1.4 Beta 1 (based on Nautilus PR3)
>
> 2/23  Nautilus 1.0 freeze
>
> 2/26  Nautilus release candidate tarballs released (0.9 or 0.99 or
>                                      something - done barring final Eazel
>                                      and community QA)
> 2/26  GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 package due date
> 2/28  GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 (based on Nautilus release candidate)
>
> 3/5   Nautilus 1.0 release
>
> 3/6   GNOME 1.4 beta 3 package due date
> 3/8   GNOME 1.4 Beta 3 (based on Nautilus 1.0)
> 3/8   Hard freeze except for docs and translations - code changes may
>       only go in for critical bugs as reviewed by Release Team (or the
>       GNOME Foundation board for hard cases).
>
> 3/16  GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1 package due date
> 3/18  GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1
> 3/18  Hard freeze for everything, including docs and translations -
>       code changes may only go in for critical bugs as reviewed by
>       Release Team and GNOME Foundation board.
>
> 3/25  GNOME 1.4 Final package due date - but no changes expected from RC1
> 3/27  GNOME 1.4 Final
>
>
> Changes since last timetable:
>
> * Moved library freeze date from 2/1 to 2/5 per bonobo and gnome-vfs
>   hackers' request.
>
> * Moved general freeze data a bit as a result
>
>
> Open issues:
>
> * Bonobo branch date needs to be added (maintainers don't want to branch
on 2/5)
> * Gtk release target dates (to raise with Owen)
> * new control-center release (boc can likely take care of it)
> * PR dates - due dates for draft and final press releases, etc (Leslie
>   and Greg working on these)
> * Anything else I'm missing? Please let me know!

What about the extra apps release? Will you try to organize a similiar
release schedule? Should it be released the same time as GNOME 1.4? Should
we wait a while and then release it, perahps with GNOME 1.4.1?

Regards,
Ali