Am Montag, 5. Dezember 2011 schrieb Timothy Pearson: > >> 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? What if not the whole TDE gets released but "only" bugfixed packages? It's clear it won't work during transition and renaming phase, but when that is settled (probably with 3.5.14) I think it would be a lot easier. Nik