2.6.0 tag is set on...

Inge Wallin inge at lysator.liu.se
Mon Feb 4 18:34:57 GMT 2013


On Monday, February 04, 2013 19:27:13 Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Inge Wallin wrote:

> > I do think that Author and Words in the long run will have less and less
> > overlap in the userbase. The reason is the different focus we will have
> > when choosing features to implement and also how they are implemented UI
> > wise. I do also think that it will share an awful lot of technology, of
> > course, which makes it reasonable that we do our share of the library
> > work. And I do think we have done our share there.
> > 
> > But Author is not only a binary. It's also a promise for the future. By
> > creating a new application and a announcing it, we have given a voice to
> > a new category of users who previously weren't interested in Calligra at
> > all. That can only be good.
> 
> But we're releasing an application suite, not a promise, not a focus. 

Hopefully we are releasing an application suite with a future. But I don't hae 
the energy to go deeper into that right now so I'll pass.


> > Now, regarding the situation at hand, I don't think that a new RC is the
> > way to go. That would hurt the rest of Calligra more than it's worth. So
> > if I have to choose between releasing yet another RC or wait 2 weeks to
> > get the mobi filter I choose the former. So let's do that.
> 
> So, do you want another RC or wait 2 weeks for the bugfix release? In
> either case, you have to wait 2 weeks.

Wait 2 weeks for the bugfix release.  In my current state I screwed up and 
used "former" when I should have written "latter". I suck.

So once again to be 100% clear: Let's release without the MOBI filter, improve 
the fix and then put it back in in 2.6.1.

	-Inge


> Boudewijn



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