Roadmap outdated

[Olivier Fourdan]

Yeah, we should definitely avoid putting pressure on ourself for
nothing. We have far enough pressure in day jobs :)

Cheers,
Olivier.

On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 21:30, Ric wrote:
> Hey:
> --- Jasper Huijsmans <jasper at moongroup.com> wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > Yesterday on IRC someone asked if 4.0 had been released already, since
> > it said so on the web site.
> > 
> > How about this for an updated roadmap:
> > 
> > 18 July: deadline for rc2 changes
> > 20 July: rc2 release
> > 27 July: 4.0
> > 
> > 	Jasper
> > _______________________________________________
> 
> While you are doing that, about extending the roadmap to the end of the year
> and not tying yourselves to a specific day, except for RC cycle, until you
> have better information:
>  
>  18 July:        deadline for rc2 changes
>  20 July:        rc2 release
>  August:        4.0
>  September:  4.0.x(bugfixes)
>  October:       4.1
>  November:   4.1.x(bugfixes)
>  December:   4.2 (Merry Christmas)
> 
> or something like that...  
> Maybe "week of" would work too? e.g.,  ' Week of August 4:    4.0.0 '.  
> The ".x" allows multiple bugfix releases if they are desired/needed and sticks
> to 
> the "release early, release often" philosophy without too much stress.:)
> 
> You could add 
> "ANNOUNCEMENT: RELEASE 4.x.x ON <DAY> <MONTH> 
> when you know positively what actually can be done to the "Roadmap". If you
> put it there once, it can be updated for each release...
> 
> If there must be a specific day published in advance, how about adding:
> 
> " All scheduled dates are +/- 3 days. " 
> 
> below the "Roadmap" in bold print.  That will at least give you a window in
> case things do not work as planned which, as you know, they rarely do.  It
> will also provide you an opportunity to cut the release ahead of schedule
> if/when needed without busting the Roadmap.
> 
> I don't know about everybody else but I am quite interested in knowing when
> 4.1 and 4.2 are scheduled since, among other reasons, one or the other will
> mandate that I have at least GTK+-2.2 installed properly on my systems.  The
> current "Roadmap" should provide at least that much information, IMO.
> 
> ...just $0.25 (inflation) from an avid supporter.
> 
> =====
> Have A Great Day!
> 
> Ric
> ***
> Thought for today:
> Do not take yourself too seriously.  Nobody else does. ;)
> 
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