Subject: Re: version 1.0
From: Jesper Skov (jskov@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Feb 06 2001 - 05:44:28 CST
>>>>> "Sam" == Sam TH <sam@uchicago.edu> writes:
Sam> Our next release (which shouldn't be too far away, barring major
Sam> catastrophes) will be version 0.9.0 (just like the new
Sam> splashscreen says). 0.9.0 will be a "feature freeze" release,
Sam> meaning that after it is release, there will be no new big
Sam> features. Then, after a few releases of fleshing out missing
Sam> functionality, and cleaning things up, we have a harder freeze,
Sam> where nothing goes in that doesn't fix a clear bug. At this
Sam> point, the tree will probably branch, so that we can start
Sam> developing wild cool new features again. Then, we eventually
Sam> pick a candidate off that branch, and release it as 1.0.
Oh no. Please do not consider opening 1.1 until 1.0 has shipped and
have had a few weeks out there - we're bound to get bug reports from
new users after 1.0 goes public. And we want full deveoper attention
on 1.0.x before even considering 1.1
IMO, of course.
Jesper
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