Re: What time does the freeze begin?

[sopwith redhat com (Elliot Lee)]

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:44:52 -0500 (EST), Sergey I. Panov <sipan@mit.edu> wrote:
>A more practical questions:
>
>What should we concentrate on after freeze? 

Bug fixes. :)

I can tell you right now that something is screwed up with the panel &
factory applets. If you want to reproduce it, here's a diff to apply in
gnome-core/applets/clockmail
--- clockmail_applet.gnorba     1998/12/15 07:11:08     1.3
+++ clockmail_applet.gnorba     1998/12/16 03:54:41
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 location_info=clockmail_applet

 [clockmail_applet]
-type=exe
+type=factory
 repo_id=IDL:GNOME/Applet:1.0
 description=Clock/Mailcheck panel applet
-location_info=clockmail_applet
+location_info=clockmail_applet_factory

After this, install gnome-core and try adding clockmail_applet to the
panel.

OK I'm being entirely biased towards panel/libgnorba/ORBit problems, but
in general, bug fixes, stability, performance, memory usage, and
documentation are the focus.

>Is improving programs which are part of the gnome-* packages
>should/could be done after freeze?

If by "improving" you mean "bug fixes, stability improvements, and
cosmetic touchups" then yes.

>Is supplying all missing *.po files is part of the past freeze
>process?

Yes, that does not affect stability.

>Would/is it is obvious how to make sure your changes go to gnome1.0 or
>gnome1.1 or both?


-- Elliot
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