From kde-devel  Thu Aug 12 15:19:07 1999
From: Stephan Kulow <coolo () caldera ! de>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:19:07 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Heading for KDE 1.1.2 release (Week 12)
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Harri Porten wrote:
> 
> Just a thought for future release plans:
> 
> > Welcome to week 12 of our release journey.
> >
> > Status:
> >
> >      1. Start of release                Week 1
> >
> >      2. Application Freeze                   4
> >
> >      3. Translations                         6+x
> > ==>
> >      4. Source release                       8+x
> >
> >      5. Final release                        9+x
> >
> > Current estimate: x = 7 weeks
> 
> How about doing it the NASA way ? They have their exact countdown plan
> but it's not necessarily in real time. Meaning: the clock is/can be
> halted at certain points allowing for buffers in case something makes
> problems. "10 minutes to go" could therefore really mean 20 minutes
> left.
> 
> We wouldn't need to plan those breaks but instead of saying "We are in
> week 12" we would be in week 7 (as the arrow indicates). The +x could be
> dropped. Counting backwards would be another option. The statement "2
> weeks to go" may be more meaningful for some doing the "math" 9-7 after
> looking at the plan.
> 
Well, it's 9+7-12 = 4 weeks to go :)

Greetings, Stephan

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