Re: gtk2-perl / releasing a first public beta

[Guillaume Cottenceau <gc mandrakesoft com>]

Goran Thyni <goran kirra net> writes:

> I rechecked the release plan (OK, I wrote it, but you haven't
> updated it :-)

Well I don't much like release plans in general :), because
people's time, motivation or even aims may vary.. adding the fact
that it's very hard to predict the time needed to finish off
computer projects (at least for me).

> Should we do an alpha first and freeze the interface.
> In the plan Beta means feature freeze for 1.0.
>
> I think 
> * the tests must be more easily usable, like a
>   make test that really tests more functionality.
> * you (we) should think through what criteria we
>   have for releasing a 1.0
> * all known bugs should be fixed (I think idle is broken)

Well, in my mind, the aim of a first beta release (call it alpha
if you feel more comfortable with ;p) was to attract some users
so that we may take better decisions for the continuation of the
project - which is pretty different from freezing an interface
for an 1.0 release.
 
> Should I start preparing a release?
> We should as suggested defintly put it
> on CPAN if we call it an alpha or beta release.

If you would be so kind to handle the release, it would be great!

-- 
Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/