[RFC] KDE 4.0 Release Roadmap

[Torsten Rahn]

On Wednesday 14 March 2007 18:14:55 Olaf Schmidt wrote:
> > - 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.
> Both opinions are unrealistic IMHO.

That's because sebas has portrayed the opinion of the first group (to which he 
didn't belong) in a way that by exaggaration makes their position look 
completely ridiculous. Having been part of the discussion I was part of the 
first group mentioned. And I'd say that your position does match  almost 
exactly the concerns and opinion of the first group.

> Ellen Reitmayr used a good formulation for this in a post to the release
> team list: KDE 4.0 should be at least as good as KDE 3.5. And I agree. If
> it doesn't, then even marketing cannot fix it.

Well that depends on the area we are talking about. In terms of frameworks I 
have no doubts, that KDE 4.0 will be a huge step. However we also need to 
take a good look at the user experience (of which the frameworks and 
technical bug fixing will only contribute a smaller part than most people 
here on this list might think). Of course it's totally unrealistic to assume 
that a new major version will be as stable as a previous major release at the 
end of its life cycle.

> Of course, we might well be able to get a solid release out by October. I
> am only saying that if it turns out that we can't, then we must not rush
> the release. Getting kdelibs developers out of "tinker mode" quickly is not
> enough.

Can we have the last sentence in bold letters, please?

Torsten

> Olaf



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