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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why isn't there a KDE2 Beta 2 announcement?
From:       m_elter () t-online ! de (Matthias Elter)
Date:       2001-01-31 18:07:45
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On Wednesday 31 January 2001 19:38, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> Right now we are not in a hurry and there's no reason get this thing out in
> a rush. I have already talked to a lot of developers and most of them agree
> that we should delay KDE 2.1 by one or two weeks.

I doubt that delaying the release for 1-2 weeks will significantly improve 
stability. Bug fixes too often introduce new bugs.
>
> To make sure that KDE 2.1 will become very polished and stable I propose
> that we tag HEAD as a "Release Candidate" on Feb 12th. After that date only
> critical commits (and icons/translations) should be allowed for five days.
> Then on Feb 17th we should tag HEAD as KDE 2.1final.

Given that those 5 days are reserved for show stopper fixes (+icons, docu, 
i18n) and _nothing_ else IMHO this makes sense.

Bye,
Matthias

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