Release plan for PA3?

[Inge Wallin]

On Thursday, August 09, 2012 12:53:19 Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am in favor of getting PA3 out before we merge in big changes, but I'm
> not really happy with just slapping a version number onto whatever we
> currently have and releasing it.
> Instead I personally think PA is mature enough to do "proper" release
> management - like KDE SC or several Extragear projects - by now, meaning
> - Branching PA3 out from Trunk
> - Setting a feature freeze (since we're not in the standard translation
> process yet, we won't need a string freeze, correct?)
> - Maybe doing a Beta release
> - Doing one or more RC(s)
> - Releasing only when PA3 is stable enough
> I don't think we can get PA3 out in August that way, but we could reopen
> Trunk for the merges before we release PA3.
> 
> I believe that especially Vivaldi owners (I assume they will receive their
> devices in the near future) should get a release which is stable enough
> (even if not "feature-complete") for everyday use soon. If we put out PA3
> in a hurry just because we want to merge in new stuff, they will be stuck
> with an unfinished product until PA4, which I don't think is a good thing.
> Yes, those who have preordered Vivaldi tablets are surely mostly
> enthusiasts / geeks who don't mind a few bugs, but they should be able to
> show their devices to their friends without fearing that something might
> break easily.

Is PA3 going to be a maintained branch with updates and fixes?


> What do you think?
> 
> Cheers,
> Thomas
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