RFC: Amarok 2.0 deadline September, 1

Alejandro Wainzinger aikawarazuni at gmail.com
Thu Jun 12 14:41:57 CEST 2008


So when would feature freeze occur?

On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org> wrote:
> I'm all for it. My only concern is that it is pretty soon--we basically have
> two months and a half.
> If we do stick to august first, i propose we compose a list of showstopper
> things that we need to cover, and then we go through that list and tick off
> what we can. And we make sure not to release until all showstoppers are
> taken care of. I feel that some organization would be good for us (the whole
> code-what-you-want-when-you-want model works great during long dev periods,
> but sometimes we gotta take care of the boring stuff too)..
> thoughts?
> leo
>
> On Jun 12, 2008, at 8:21 AM, Gregory Meyer wrote:
>
> Awesome idea, although it is closer than you'd think.  It makes a lot of
> sense because as Mark said, ubuntu is a big distro, and it makes sense for
> that reason alone, we'll probably see all the other distros fall in behind
> in switching the default KDE desktop from 3.5 to 4.1 later this year, so it
> would make sense to have a stable, if not totally feature complete amarok2
> for everybody.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 4:57 AM, Maximilian Kossick
> <maximilian.kossick at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> In my opinion there are two (mabye three) blockers left that we need
>> for 2.0: rudimentary media device support (actually: ipod support.
>> Although generic media device support would be nice too),
>> smart/dynamic playlists (a core feature of Amarok 1. afaik even winamp
>> has them these days), and maybe podcasts. everything else is not a
>> blocker for A2.0 in my opinion.
>>
>> The proposed schedule is doable, but every coder but the soc students
>> would have to concentrate on these few areas. I might even be able to
>> help if I can get A2 working on stupid osx...
>>
>> Max
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Nikolaj Hald Nielsen
>> <nhnfreespirit at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I think this is a good idea and very doable if we start focusing
>> > heavily on getting stuff ready.
>> > Also, it will allow us to use the hackathon at Akademy ( where there
>> > will be a ton of Amarokers ) to add the final polish!
>> >
>> > - Nikolaj
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >> Hi all,
>> >>
>> >> on IRC some of us have been discussing a possible deadline for the 2.0
>> >> release. The initial spark that started the discussion was the
>> >> announcement of the Kubuntu "next" release schedule. In short: We
>> >> would like Amarok 2 to become the default music player in the next
>> >> Kubuntu release.
>> >>
>> >> Kubuntu "Intrepid Ibex" is scheduled for release in October 2008, with
>> >> a deadline for applications sometime in August. I'm fairly sure they
>> >> would accept an Amarok 2.0 on September 01, *if* Amarok turns out to
>> >> be stable at that point.
>> >>
>> >> This release of Kubuntu will be completely centered around KDE 4.1. If
>> >> Amarok 2 will not be ready for the release, then probably Amarok 1
>> >> will be chosen as the default music player. As you've probably
>> >> noticed, KDE 3 applications are starting to look really outdated in a
>> >> KDE 4 environment, so this would be a shame.
>> >>
>> >> Q: Why is this post so focused on Kubuntu?
>> >> A: It just so happens that the Kubuntu release schedule is fairly
>> >> compatible with our Amarok 2 progress and our own tentative release
>> >> plans. So I think it makes a good aim, even if we should miss the
>> >> deadline. Also, (K)ubuntu is of course a very popular distro, and it
>> >> is of special importance to the Amarok project. I do not mean to
>> >> downplay the importance of the other existing distros.
>> >>
>> >> Q: What happens if a feature (e.g. from SoC students) is not ready?
>> >> A: No big deal. It will simply be pushed into Amarok 2.1.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Tentative release schedule for Amarok 2:
>> >>
>> >> 1) 2.0 Alpha this month
>> >> 2) 2.0 Beta1 and Beta2 @ July / August
>> >> 3) 2.0 Final @ September 01
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thank you for reading, and please let me know your opinions :)
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Mark Kretschmann
>> >> Amarok Developer
>> >> www.kde.org - amarok.kde.org
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