Rc3 instead of 4.0

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On 24 Jul 2003 08:10:07 -0500
edscott wilson garcia <edscott at imp.mx> wrote:

> El jue, 24-07-2003 a las 01:07, Jasper Huijsmans escribió:
> > Hey all,
> > 
> > Since we have been fixing some bugs this week, we don't want to
> > release rc2 as 4.0, so we will need another release candidate.
> > 
> > The new roadmap is up on xfce.org. The release will be postponed by
> > another week.
> > 
> >  * 27 July : RC3 release
> >  * 03 August : XFce 4.0 release
> > 
> > I propose again to have a deadline for changes on Friday. 
> 
> If rc3 is to be identical to 4.0, what need for 4.0? I know that
> diskspace at xfce.org is free, but we shouldn't abuse.
> 

Well, all release candidates were meant to become 4.0. However, we keep
finding bugs that we feel should not be in 4.0. That is what release
candidates are for, a final check whether we can release it as final.

The question is whether we believe the fixes are so trivial that they
don't need testing. On IRC, Olivier said he wanted an rc3. I'm fine with
it either way.

However, IMO, the only changes that should be allowed between a release
candidate and a final release are changes not directly affecting the
code, such as translations, documentation and config files. If we don't
want to follow such a scheme we shouldn't be calling them release
candidates.

> I vote for keeping the original time table, and begin work on 4.1
> instead. Of course, my vote is just intended to convey my thoughts on
> the matter to Olivier before he makes a decision.
>