From kde-devel Sat Jun 02 19:54:27 2007 From: Allen Winter Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 19:54:27 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: KDE 3.5 Branch Freeze Message-Id: <200706021554.28508.winter () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=118081411129552 On Saturday 02 June 2007 3:48:25 pm jos poortvliet wrote: > Op Saturday 02 June 2007, schreef Andreas Pakulat: > > On 01.06.07 22:20:25, Krzysztof Lichota wrote: > > > Allen Winter napisał(a): > > > > Howdy, > > > > > > > > The Release Team has decided that it is time to close the books on KDE > > > > 3.5. > > > > > > > > To quote coolo: > > > > "No more features, no more string changes, no more docu changes.... > > > > Bug fixes are allowed and after some time we'll do another maintenance > > > > update 3.5.8 - e.g. in september." > > > > > > > > So bugfixes only from now on in the 3.5 branch. If the bugfix requires > > > > a string change, you will need to coordinate that change with the > > > > translators. > > > > > > > > Onwards to KDE 4.0! > > > > > > Great :/ You could have warned at least a week in advance... > > > > Huh? KDE 3.5 was frozen a few weeks before the 3.5.7 release and wasn't > > unfrozen since then. This is just the official statement that a > > feature-unfreeze will not happen. > > > > > Can I commit the "switch application language" feature which has already > > > been committed, but then reverted due to not being implemented in KDE 4? > > > AFAIK it has already been ported to 4.0. > > > > No, unless its a bugfix. > > > > Andreas > > I could understand it if you would stand by your "no", but I think it should > at least be considered that he (Krzysztof) has been working hard on this, > while assuming it would make it's way into a KDE 3.5.x release... I could see > how disappointing it would be if that wouldn't be the case. That's a big > reason why ppl work on free software, right? To get things to the users. > > How bad would it be to make an exception? > I think Krzysztof can commit this feature. There has been lots of discussion about it on the devel mailing lists for awhile. Not like it's a surprise. -Allen >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<