> 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
>

That would be much more managable.  As you said it won't work for this
cycle, but it is a possibility for future releases.

Tim