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List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    Re: the "gamma" proposal - details that need working out
From:       "Alexander Dymo" <dymo () ukrpost ! ua>
Date:       2007-07-14 17:04:14
Message-ID: a178f7b00707141004o5729ae25x8bd72b65d2b23bcc () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 7/11/07, Tom Albers <tomalbers@kde.nl> wrote:
> No, it's not if you read the whole thread. Problem is that this 'release when \
> ready' works great in small open source projects. But when there are hundereds \
> people working on one project, there is no time when everyone is 'ready' at the \
> same time. We have set a schedule, so everyone can get ready at certain times. The \
> schedule is not set in stone, for example we changed the name of beta1 to alfa2 \
> when we felt we were not 'ready' for that phase.

You didn't change the schedule, you changed the name. That's the problem.

> > As a russian saying states, do not call the devil your brother... Why
> > inventing names instead of shifting the schedule by 3 months?
> Hehe, that would be too easy ;-)
> Seriously, in that case when an additional delay happens, we can not do a release \
> party, so we have to be finished before that.
So the only reason is to have a release party?

> Besides, there are people counting on us to release around that time. Delaying the
> release for 3 months would hurt those people.
Who are those people? Some commercial companies?
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