From koffice  Mon Nov 08 10:49:26 1999
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () suse ! de>
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 10:49:26 +0000
To: koffice
Subject: KRASH release: one week till total freeze.
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice&m=94223187403039

This weeks topics:

* KRASH will be based on the Qt snapshot of 9-Nov-1999. Available from
ftp://ftp.troll.no/pub/qt/snapshots/qt-2.1.0-snapshot-19991109.tar.gz

* kdelibs is feature frozen since last week This means that
no new features should be added. Changes which affect the API of any of
the libs in kdelibs should be discussed on kde-core-devel first.
Excemptions are granted to:
    - Matthias Ettrich / Mosfet for finishing KWin changes.

New features can be added and further extensions to the API of
kdelibs can be made after KRASH has been released.

* Katabase and KImageShop will not be released since they are 
not considered to be mature enough.

* Kdebase and koffice will be frozen _NEXT_ monday. 

GOAL OF THE KRASH (1.89) RELEASE
================================

* Stabilize development. 
* Offer third party developers a convenient way to become familair with
Qt2.x / KDE 2.x

REMARKS
=======

KRASH will be alpha quality software. It is not recommended to use
KRASH for daily work. Although the API of KRASH should be relatively
stable, CHANGES will be made to it before the final KDE 2.0 release.
It is not recommended to release applications based on this release.
Distributors should NOT SHIP this release without providing a stable
and complete version of KDE as well.

CURRENT STATE
=============

2. kdelibs is feature frozen. No new features should be added. Changes
to the API should be discussed on kde-core-devel first.

NEXT MILESTONE
==============

2. Feature freeze kdebase & koffice in _1 WEEKS_ from now. (15-11-99)

CONTENTS OF THE RELEASE
========================

The following packages will be included in KRASH:
* kdelibs
* kdebase
* koffice without katabase and kimageshop

RELEASE SCHEDULE 1.89
=====================

1. When: NOW
What: Determine what has to be done API-wise before 1.89 can be released.
What: Determine what will be released with 1.89

2. When: 1 Nov '99
What: Feature freeze kdelibs.

3. When: 15 Nov '99
What: Feature freeze kdebase + koffice.

4. When: 15 Dec '99
What: Release of 1.89 (kdelibs + kdebase + koffice only)

--- Everything unfrozen

THINGS TO SOLVE FOR 1.89
=======================

None.

AFTER 1.89
==========

After 1.89 has been released all packages will be unfrozen. Goal is
to start with a 1.90 release directly after 1.89. This means that
with releasing 1.89 kdelibs will be unfrozen and that after 1 month
kdelibs will be feature frozen for 1.90.

CHANGES TO THE RELEASE SCHEDULE
===============================

If you foresee problems with the above schedule, have additions or have
questions about the schedule, please contact Waldo Bastian (bastian@kde.org). 

Changes made to release schedule will be announced on the KDE development
mailinglists. Once a week the status of the release will be posted
to the KDE development mailinglists.
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