From kde-release-team  Fri Nov 16 11:52:27 2007
From: Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:52:27 +0000
To: kde-release-team
Subject: Release Mode
Message-Id: <200711161252.27820.sebas () kde ! org>
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The Release Team would like to see all KDE developers get into Release Mode.

This means:

=2D only bugfixes
=2D focus on the most visible components
=2D do polishing changes of the user interface now

One very important point of this is that we need to stop thinking in terms =
of=20
the pieces we usually work on. Now we need to get into this final phase of=
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trying the desktop, identify things that don't work well enough yet and try=
=20
to make them work. Lend your fellow gearhead a hand.

This might mean for some to code outside your own pet-project. It means fix=
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everything you can so we can all see the desktop getting better by the day.

It requires some effort from all of us. Getting KDE developers into Release=
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Mode means that we now need to show that we do care about the bigger pictur=
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and that we need to help each other getting showstoppers out of the way and=
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make stuff work. It also means a period of high strain on our nerves, we al=
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know that this is not only about fun, but so be it. I will be fun again onc=
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we've done this heavy lifting.

Of course this all does not mean that everybody just cares about his own co=
de=20
right now, it means that we're close enough to the big release that some=20
priorities need to shift.

This is the time to show that we do not only operate as a bunch of=20
subprojects, this is the time to show the world that the KDE community --=20
diverse as it is -- can function as *one* team with *one* shared goal:=20

        Getting the next generation Free Desktop to the users.=20

Once we have done that, we can get back to Fun Mode taking advantage of all=
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the goodness that the pillars of KDE bring to us.

=2E.. so you feel like getting your hands dirty? The following pages contai=
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list of bugs. Pick one and try to fix it. Then pick the next one.

=2D techbase beta goals page
  http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.0_Release_Beta_Goals
=2D techbase krushdays page
  http://techbase.kde.org/Contribute/Bugsquad/KrushDays
=2D bugzilla kde4 beta bugs
  http://bugs.kde.org

Get in contact with the relevant developer via IRC (#kde4-devel, #kde4-krus=
h),=20
if in doubt, email kde-devel@kde.org or kde-core-devel@kde.org.

And don't forget, Saturday is the next KDE 4 Krushday.
=2D-=20
sebas

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