[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       mozilla-announce
Subject:    Mozilla Roadmap minor update: SeaMonkey suite sustained
From:       Brendan Eich <brendan () meer ! net>
Date:       2004-01-16 23:11:32
Message-ID: 40086FA4.80301 () meer ! net
[Download RAW message or body]

The roadmap (http://www.mozilla.org/roadmap.html) became out of date 
some time around the middle of July, when the Mozilla Foundation was 
spun out, and about nine-hundred things related to that momentous event 
happened all at once.  My sincere apologies for failing to keep it in 
synch with the shifting terrain.

I've finally updated just the parts that talk about the SeaMonkey 
application suite (the current default build) to say that the suite will 
continue to be supported for the many organizations who have deployed 
it, or a derivative of it such as Netscape 7.x.  The Mozilla Foundation 
intends to sustain the suite with enough engineering to supports such 
deployments, especially enterprises and large organizations who are 
already committed to the suite, and who require a smooth upgrade path.  
"Sustain" here, so far as we can see, means no major UI overhaul or 
radical front-end innovations -- we see no conflict here with the active 
contributors, who are doing a great job keeping SeaMonkey in fine shape.

The focus for innovation and development, in both application and 
back-end "GRE" type work, remains on the new standalone apps, Mozilla 
Firebird, Thunderbird, etc. This focus on the new apps and their add-on 
architecture has not changed, even thought SeaMonkey is no longer at 
risk of bit-rot.  We are just doing two things now, innovating and 
sustaining, in order to satisfy several distinct sets of customers of 
Mozilla products.

While I was editing, I updated references to the 1.4 branch that were 
written in the present tense last April, and made a few similarly minor 
tweaks.

I've got a complete rewrite of the roadmap coming along, which deals 
with the larger issues of Mozilla 2.0; the future of web standards and 
the "open web" vs. emerging closed, single-vendor systems; and other big 
important stuff.   It should be up before the end of the month.

/be
_______________________________________________
mozilla-announce mailing list
mozilla-announce@mozilla.org
http://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mozilla-announce
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]