Remaining tasks before a release

[edscott wilson garcia]

El mi? 09-07-2003 a las 06:42, Jasper Huijsmans escribió:
> Perhaps it would good idea if all developers could give an estimate of
> how much time they need to be able to do a release. 
> 
> 
> Panel
> =====
> I have just finished doing my final code changes and believe that the
> panel is ready as it is now. There is one more task remaining:
> 
> * update screenshots for documentation.
> 
> I can do that this afternoon. That means that as far as I'm concerned
> the panel will be ready for release tomorow. 
> 
> Aah, I'm just thinking, there is one thing that may need to be done
> still and that is look at the default panel configuration. I would be
> grateful if a someone else, perhaps a member of the release team, could
> have a look as well. 
> 
> Criteria for what makes a good default include:
> * familiar for xfce3 users
> * showing panel capabilities
> * frequently used programs
> * access to other XFce 4 functionality
> 
> This shouldn't take more than one day extra, so any release date from
> Friday onwards should be fine for the panel.
> 
> 
> Other modules
> =============
> There is one thing I still want to do, and I can do that this afternoon:
> 
> * move iconbox to extras. I also want to get rid of the 'xfibx' text
>   in the GUI, but I will only do that if it won't affect translations (I
>   think 'Iconbox' is already in the code, so I can probably use that).
> 
> I don't know of any other work that needs to be done on the other
> modules. Most important are xfwm4 and xffm, probably. So, Edscott,
> Olivier can you give your estimates of the work required to make a
> release for them?
> 

Pending for 4.0 are 4 items:
-Hot keys not working in the remove dialog
-Missing keyboard shortcuts for sorting
-Bookmarks with identical names and different paths is not good
-Menu items unselecting themselves when monitor enabled

The problem is that every time I sit down to fix one, I get drawn to
something more interesting and a new feature appears (like word
completing in the combo boxes). The next 5 days is not time enough, so I
think they could be jotted down as "known bugs" and begin work for 4.2. 

regards,

Edscott

> We probably should also have a close look at the credits in xfce4-about
> to make sure it is as up-to-date as we can get it. 
> 
> On a related note, I feel last-minute updates for docs or credits should
> be allowed between a release candidate and the final release.
> 
> 
> More tasks
> ==========
> 
> * release notes. Look at the wiki
> (http://www.symonds.net/~botsie/xfce/index.php/Release%20Notes). Needs
> perhaps some extra info about changes in xfwm4. Seems alright otherwise.
> Does it include all modules we want to release?
> 
> 
> If we have all estimates about the time needed we can make a new release
> schedule, since it seems impossible to do a final release on July 15.
> 
> Let's not lose the development momentum by delaying a release too long.
> New ideas and even programs are popping up all over the place. 
> 
> 	Jasper
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