[RFC] KDE 4.0 Release Roadmap

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 16:55:10 Thiago Macieira wrote:
> The discussion in the marketing mailing list seems to indicate that we can
> deliver all features we promised for KDE 4.0. At least the hyped ones.

Clarifying: There is some concern about KDE 4.0 not being able to meet the 
requirements of new users, or not being able to meet the expectations after 
the long development cycle.

The two different opinions are, roughly:

- KDE 4.0 needs to be complete and stable, it will attract new user that might 
  (based on the profiles we worked out) not be willing to accept software 
  that's not completely stable or incomplete.

- KDE 4.0 needs to be finalised ASAP, release early, release often is an 
  important mantra, delaying the release doesn't help the acceptance of the 
  user base, the development process will smoothen when 4.0 is at the horizon.


The thing that we definitely need to get right for the release is to make the 
expectations match the actual release, and clearly communicate what will 
work, and what not. There is a big difference between "KDE4" and "KDE 4.0".
-- 
sebas

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