> 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