state of release and release plan

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

On 2 July 2016 at 08:17, Camilla Boemann <cbo at boemann.dk> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I think it's time we get a release out. We are stuck with not much work going
> on so inspired by Dag's return let's do a push to get ready.
>
> I think we should cut down on the number of applications so we have something
> manageble left. It's tough but the alternative is that Calligra dies
> completely. And nothing prevents us from bringing apps back  later.
>
> So my question is: What is missing for us to have a release. I am not talking
> about all the nice to have features and bug fixes. I am asking what would
> create huge problems for our users if we release.
>
> Let's get things listed. I'll start:
>
>
> Words: Nothing blocking
>
> Stage: Nothing I'm aware of
>
> Sheets: ???
>
> Plan: the locale thing? how much would a quick fix take or should we just
> exclude Plan from first release?
>
> Karbon: let's exclude from first release
>
> Flow: let's exclude from first release
>
> Kexi: are they even a part of the release schedule anymore

In my personal opinion: yes! I see this as our strength.

Anyone contributing/interested in Kexi, please share your thoughts.

As probably mentioned before, separate repositories can but often
should *not* be a reason for splitting the development efforts and
releases. In case of Kexi its the split to 4 repositories, each with
code functioning at another level of the overall architecture.
Most logically, separate tarballs.

One thing to think about is that Kexi is more or less close to a
dramatic change on the UX level [1]. Currently it's like 136 commits
away from kexi.git master. I wouldn't like to see this change causing
delays of the release - first of Kexi, then Calligra.

So something more like current master kexi.git (plus some more last
minute fixes) would be the first released version "3", not the new UX.

The fact that new UX would differ largely, brings questions about
versioning - I would cover this in another thread if you don't mind.

[1] https://blogs.kde.org/2016/06/01/kexi-3

>
> Braindump: let's drop it completely
>
> Common stuff: ???
>
> please fill in
>
> and let's get ready for a release in a month or so ? We need to set a short
> deadline to keep motivation high
>
> best regards
> Camilla
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