4.4.0 release status so far

[Benedikt Meurer]

Olivier Fourdan wrote:
>> Just to make it clear, the program/version we'll use for 4.4.0 as
>> archiver will remain so for the life time of the 4.4.x branch, which
>> means that it will have to be supported as long as Xfce 4.4 is supported.
> 
> To tell the truth, I believe we should include neither Xarchiver nor
> Squeeze in Xfce 4.4.
> 
> From what I understand, Xarchiver in current SVN trunk is not ready for
> a final release and will have a lot of changes in the future. I had no
> news from Giuseppe about the release (that has been announced on this
> list for a while), so I have no idea about its state.
> 
> Squeeze is very young and has not been part of any of the release candidate.
> 
> As I said, once we release 4.4.0, only bug fixes should go in the stable
> branch. Neither Xarchiver nor Squeeze seem to be ready enough for the
> 4.4 stable release cycle.
> 
> So, I propose that Xfce 4.4 ship with none, and include the best tool
> for the job in the goodies when it's ready. While I'm pretty strict
> about the release policy on the core components, I have no problem
> adding new tools to the goodies...

While I think its sad that we cannot ship Xarchiver, which was part of
the RCs and so people will expect it to be part of the final, I have to
agree with Olivier here.

> Cheers,
> Olivier.

Benedikt