The snapshot and the new text layout code.

[C. Boemann]

On Thursday 28 April 2011 10:57:55 Inge Wallin wrote:
> Today is officially the tagging for 2.4 or 3.0 snapshot 1.  And I hear
> people expressing the opinion that the new text layout code should not be
> merged before the snapshot. This worries me.
> 
> We do the snapshots for two reasons:
> 
> 1. To get feedback on what we have now.
> 
> 2. To show some activity and let people know that the project is very
> active.
> 
> I would say that the most important development that we have going right
> now is the new text layout engine. It is crucially important for both
> Words and Stage.  Casper says it is ready, there has been a full-time
> tester (Swathi) testing it for over a week and she says that it is better
> than the old code.
> 
> Yet, if we continue on the set track, the new layout code will not be part
> of the snapshot.  In fact, Casper says that if this happens he doesn't
> want Words to be part of the snapshot at all. This means that reason 1
> will be completely failed.
> 
> So I suggest that we delay the tagging of the snapshot a few days and let
> Casper merge the branch. It only touches two parts of the engine: kotext
> and the text shape.  In addition to that, there are changes in Words and
> Stage. Things may be a little bit unstable, but since Swathi says it is
> already better than before, I think we can live with that.
> 
> Most importantly, if we *don't* merge it, we will not have words in the
> snapshot, which to me is failure, *or* we will have lots of feedback on
> things that will be thrown away, maybe even in the time between the
> tagging and the actual release day.
> 
> So please, let's agree to merge the text layout code, and if that means
> delaying the snapshot a couple of days, then it's a very cheap price to
> pay.
> 
> 	-Inge
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I couldn't have set it better myself.

I'll probably merge later today

best regards
Casper