[kde-ev-marketing] Delaying 4.0?

[Wade Olson]

On Nov 28, 2007 8:29 AM, Sebastian Kügler <sebas at kde.org> wrote:
> [CC:ing ev-marketing anyway.]
>
> On Wednesday 28 November 2007 15:08:50 Andreas Pakulat wrote:
> > On 28.11.07 07:30:29, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > > Andras Mantia wrote:
> > > > On Wednesday 28 November 2007, Rex Dieter wrote:
> > > >> If this is absolutely the last slip, sure. Otherwise, the release
> > > >> party scheduled for January 17 will look pretty silly.
> > > >
> > > > But doing a release just for the shake of the release party is equally
> > > > silly. :)
> > >
> > > So, do *you* want to be the one to tell the event organizers that all
> > > their hard work and effort to pull the event together is now in
> > > jeopardy? Not I.
> >
> > Huh? Why is their effort wasted if the release happens on Feb. 4th or
> > some such? They can still pull off a release party. Its not like the
> > party is going to be months before the release.

Because we, the release planning group, have been asking since the
summer for a good, safe, reliable date for a release event would be.
And guess what: that answer was November.  So we padded 2 months and
are now running into the same problem.

So if we had listened to even the most conservative estimates, it
would have been *exactly* like the party was months before the
release.

Having a release party before the release?  Hell, we might as well
roll in a 4.1 and 4.2 release party at the same time, since we know
what's going to be in them as well.

> >
> > IMHO its going to be much worse to do a release before the party,
> > regardless of the state of KDE4. Reviews will rip KDE4 apart if the
> > release is done that way and the released KDE 4.0.0 is not in a state
> > thats worth a release.
>
> From a PR point of view, and for the sake of the release party, KDE is in a
> state where we'd be able to present it at such an event.
>
> I don't share your opinion on what's worse, party before release or party
> after release. You really want to have the release out when you're showing it
> to the public (which is what the event is all about, Industry, Press and
> Community). Telling them that it's not released and thus still very much
> vapourware would be "quite unfortunate" (read "sucks").
> --
> sebas
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