Re: What are the community's goals for 2.0? [was Re: Getting serious about releasing]

[Dick Porter <dick ximian com>]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:10:03AM -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> > So, if you think a bug I listed should really not be punted, either a)
> > fix it right away b) suggest a bug that I have as not puntable that
> > you'd punt instead or c) have the guts to go ahead and argue for a
> > September or later release. Please don't do c). ;-)
> 
> I'm going to do (c). Sorry. :)

I agree with Louie: we should release when the code is ready, unless of
course there are _really_ pressing reasons for shipping bugs.


Would it satisfy the "release it now" lobby if we start naming the beta
releases "Release Candidate", and API-freeze all included libraries? We
can then:

a) get some press attention now (and again later when we decide to call
   it "ready" :) );
b) avoid the negative aspects of releasing with hundreds of known bugs,
   some serious, some easily fixed.  _I_ know it's going to be called a
   developer release, but I doubt anyone installing it will think it is
   anything less than an upgrade to 1.4; and
c) start encouraging third parties to port/develop GNOME 2 applications
   while we're doing the final polishing.


Please lets not repeat the 1.0 release.

- Dick