4.0.4 anybody?

[Brian J. Tarricone]

On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Olivier Fourdan wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 08:47, Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> > Op di 24-02-2004, om 23:04 schreef Olivier Fourdan:
> > How about doing a 4.1.x development release soon as well (after brian
> > finishes the icon rearrangements)? That may be easier for people who'd
> > like to test. Could (should?) be source only I think.
> 
> Are all API frozen?

i'd say probably not.  i'm planning on moving the xfdesktop menu code 
into a gmodule that will live in xfce4-modules.  also, i was talking to 
benny the other day, and we'd both like to see all functions in 
libxfce4util and libxfcegui4 be namespaced with an 'xfce_' prefix.  that 
means changing lots of names and adding deprecated stubs for the old 
names.  depending on further needs, i may end up wanting to add other 
things to one of the libs (in particular, i may need/want to change 
XfceAppMenuItem after i actually start using it and see how it works).

i'm not so sure that the APIs need to be frozen for a devel release 
anyway.  the definition (in my mind anyway) of a devel release is that 
it's fluid, things are meant to change, and things may not work as 
advertised.  while it's nice to give devel releases so more people 
can see the new cool stuff that's on the drawing board, the main purpose 
of a devel release should be to get things out to a wider audience for 
testing.  with that in mind, user feedback may indirectly indicate that 
some stuff needs to be changed, which might involve breaking an API 
that was put together in the current devel cycle - which i don't think 
is a big deal in a devel series.  IMO, the only time you need to worry 
about freezing the APIs is when you're on track for a stable release.

just my 2c,
brian