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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Why isn't there a KDE2 Beta 2 announcement?
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-01-31 19:43:19
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Simon Hausmann wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 07:32:04PM +0100, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> > On Wednesday 31 January 2001 19:15, Simon Hausmann wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 07:38:56PM +0100, 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.
> > >
> > > IMHO one or two full weeks are too much and I think HEAD is in a quite good
> > > shape right now.
> >
> > I agree with Simon that the current code base is quite stable and can be used
> > for the release version, but Torsten's argument regarding docs/icons makes
> > sense. We can use the extra time for fixing crashes that may still appear,
> > but IMHO it's important to give KDE a more professional look and if one more
> > week is enough to achieve that goal I'd suggest to wait one more week indeed.
> >
> > If, however, one more week doesn't make too much difference for the docs and
> > the icons, I'd put out 2.1 on the 12th and don't delay the release.
> 
> I just talked with Torsten on IRC and he quite convinced me that this html-eye-
> candy thing can indeed bring up a real wow!-effect (the mails on core-devel
> a day after tackat comitted the stuff were quite self-explaining) . I support
> the idea of spreading this html-candy thing to more places (where it makes
> sense) , so I agree with Torsten, eMatthias and Martijn for a 5 day delay.
> (provided that it doesn't affect the codebase in a bad manner and that it
> gives the translators and documentators a bit more time to polish up things)
Isn't this html stuff related to new texts? I think it does.

Greetings, Stephan

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