From kde-announce  Mon Nov 01 14:29:25 1999
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 1999 14:29:25 +0000
To: kde-announce
Subject: KRASH release: kdelibs feature frozen
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Hiya,

This weeks topics:

* kdelibs is feature frozen as of today. This means that no new
features should be added. Changes which affect the API of any of the
libs in kdelibs should be discussed on kde-core-devel first.
Excemptions are granted to:
    - Mathias Hoelzer-Kleupfel for adding a new kcontrol module 
      header to kdecore.
    - Matthias Ettrich for finishing the session management API.

New features can be added and further extensions to the API of
kdelibs can be made after KRASH has been released.

GOAL OF THE KRASH (1.89) RELEASE
================================

* Stabilize development. 
* Offer third party developers a convenient way to become familair with
Qt2.x / KDE 2.x

REMARKS
=======

KRASH will be alpha quality software. It is not recommended to use
KRASH for daily work. Although the API of KRASH should be relatively
stable, CHANGES will be made to it before the final KDE 2.0 release.
It is not recommended to release applications based on this release.
Distributors should NOT SHIP this release without providing a stable
and complete version of KDE as well.


CURRENT STATE
=============

2. kdelibs is feature frozen. No new features should be added. Changes
to the API should be discussed on kde-core-devel first.

NEXT MILESTONE
==============

2. Feature freeze kdebase & koffice in _2 WEEKS_ from now. (15-11-99)

CONTENTS OF THE RELEASE
========================

The following packages will be included in KRASH:
* kdelibs
* kdebase
* koffice

RELEASE SCHEDULE 1.89
=====================

1. When: NOW
What: Determine what has to be done API-wise before 1.89 can be released.
What: Determine what will be released with 1.89

2. When: 1 Nov '99
What: Feature freeze kdelibs.

3. When: 15 Nov '99
What: Feature freeze kdebase.

4. When: 15 Dec '99
What: Release of 1.89 (kdelibs + kdebase only)

--- Everything unfrozen



THINGS TO SOLVE FOR 1.89
=======================

None.

AFTER 1.89
==========

After 1.89 has been released all packages will be unfrozen. Goal is
to start with a 1.90 release directly after 1.89. This means that
with releasing 1.89 kdelibs will be unfrozen and that after 1 month
kdelibs will be feature frozen for 1.90.

CHANGES TO THE RELEASE SCHEDULE
===============================

If you foresee problems with the above schedule, have additions or have
questions about the schedule, please contact Waldo Bastian (bastian@kde.org). 

Changes made to release schedule will be announced on the KDE development
mailinglists. Once a week the status of the release will be posted
to the KDE development mailinglists.
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