On Monday 05 December 2011 18:49:48 Timothy Pearson wrote:
Why not make a release, 3.5.14, in early January, after the move to Git and the rename thing is completed?? Even if it cures only a small bunch of bugs, it will be good, in many respects.
+1
I like this idea
Doing a release properly requires a little over a month dedicated to release tasks such as beta testing, compiling packages on all distributions, compiling release notes, etc. Also, building binary packages is not cheap, in terms of both time (of our distribution maintainers) and money (to feed everyone's build computers with electricity).
Releasing after the move to GIT would not cure a lot of the more stubborn bugs. Additionally, due to the renaming of *KDE* strings, the distribution maintainers have some work to do in order to update their packaging files. I don't want to place that kind of demand on our volunteer staff during the Christmas season, and then turn right around and demand the same thing a couple months later.
Thoughts?
My heart sank when I saw the suggestion! And why necessarily 6 monthly? It makes sense for the Ubuntu build, but that is faster than Debian's own release cycle. I personally would rather that Trinity 3.x.x were released when it is ready, rather than on time, but buggy.
And surely people can wait a bit? The more of us users you lot have, the more of a demanding nuisance we shall become. We do not forward the project at all. I think all of us should shut up or put up. (Doesn't quite fit my pleas over the web-site, but you have no idea what a rare luxury your website is.)
When a job applicant once told me that, if I didn't give him the job I was advertising, he would emigrate, I had to exert considerable self control to stop myself briefly replying: "Bon voyage!"
If someone says "Do this or I'll go", my response is "goodbye!" (And that is if I'm feeling polite!)
Carry on as you wish to. I shall continue to sit in my little corner crossing my fingers for the things that are dear to my heart.
And if we have a little something that is annoying us, or that we feel we cannot live with, we can always try asking David Hare. He is a genius at workarounds.
Lisi