Xfce 4.4BETA1

[Jasper Huijsmans]

Moritz Heiber schreef:
> On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 17:50:23 +0100
> Benedikt Meurer <benedikt.meurer at unix-ag.uni-siegen.de> wrote:
> 
>> Same old story... how about a 4.4BETA1 release within the next two
>> weeks? I'm preparing for a BETA1 of Thunar, and I think it would be
>> nice if the rest of Xfce would also enter BETA stage, if we want 4.4
>> to be out by the end of May. With all the new stuff in xfce4-panel and
>> xfdesktop, we'll need a lot of testing to find all the bugs before the
>> final, IMHO.
> 
> May I ask for the string-freezy call then anytime soon? Seeing that
> we're entering BETA stage with the upcoming release I'd appreciate to
> let the translators fire away and be productive ...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Moritz
> 
> PS: The question is .. are we really at the point of calling svn BETA
> yet?

Well, in my opinion we have always been a little bit too quick with 
string freezes. A BETA release to me means: (more or less) feature 
complete, not too many bugs, still needs polish.

The polish bit is very much user interface related, including strings. 
While we should certainly try to minimize changes, we also shouldn't 
rule them out just yet.

So, basically, translators should start translating, but should be aware 
that things may change a little, and they could also check if the 
English text makes any sense. Non-translators can do the latter as well.

So, my suggestion would be to do a first BETA to let a larger public 
test the new features, a second BETA to fix all bugs (yeah, right ;-), 
then maybe do a UI review of some kind and with the third BETA do a real 
string freeze and then start the release candidate cycle. Something like 
that anyway.

  	Jasper