kdepim release (Was: Re: [Kde-pim] KDE 3.3 Release Plan is up)

[Jeroen Wijnhout]

>> Le Lundi 10 Mai 2004 15:54, Alexander Dymo a écrit :
>> > On Monday 10 May 2004 16:55, David Faure wrote:
>> > > This has nothing to do with code maturity, it has to do with the
>> > > development cycle. KOffice has a different development speed than the
>> > > rest of KDE...
>>
>> Yes, like kdeextragear.
>
>Finally someone touch this point.
>Can this time extragear apps tagged too, including i18n ?
>I think that many packagers do apps like k3b, kdetv and now kiosktool at 
>least..

That would create chaos imho. The whole point of KEG (kdeextragear) is to 
allow those apps to have their own release cycle. Tagging KEG along with the 
main KDE modules would mean tagging many KEG apps that are still in the beta 
phase of their release cycle. Sooner or later someone is going to check-out 
the KDE_3_3_RELEASE version of (let's say) Kile, which is very likely to be 
in the beta phase around august. Not a good thing I can tell you.

That doesn't mean there isn't a problem with KEG, it is inconvenient for 
packagers and translators. Still it is more convenient compared to a 
situation where all the KEG apps are scattered around, in many different 
repositories.

This has been discussed several times on the KEG mailinglist. My personal 
solution to this problem is: 
1) to try to keep up with the main KDE release cycle as much as possible 
2) to have a strict message freeze in Kile's own stable branches, such that 
translators only have to translate HEAD.

best,
Jeroen
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