KDevelop 1.0 Beta 1 (a bit off-topic)

[Sven Bergner]

On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Marko Samastur wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have a small complaint and a suggestion. Please don't take me wrong, I
> think Kdevelop is a great piece of software and that you are doing a
> great job.
> However, I do find this jump from 0.4 to 1.0 Beta 1 a bit odd. Kdevelop
> certainly deserves to be tagged with the later label, but why was it 0.4
> before?
> Maybe it's just me, but it gives a strange impression about the whole
> project (the same GNOME did with their jump from 0.3 to 0.99). It seems
> that open source developers are very conservative at first with their
> numbering of releases (afraid of strong reactions?),  but become
> suddenly bolder at the end of development cycle (gained
> self-confidence?).
> But maybe the real reason is the lack of clear road map. I think that
> you know what you want to put in your product, but not when. It would be
> nice, if there was a plan like (this one is completely made up):
> 0.5 included GUI builder
> 0.7 included programming tools for working with databases
> 0.9 feature full, but contains well known showstopers for 2.0
> That way it would be easier for everybody to know, where this ship is
> going and how far is it on its way.
> 
> Maybe I am mistaken and a plan like this exist (and I've just missed it)
> or my idea is just stupid. Anyway, this is something I would love to see
> more in open source world. If I have no idea about what's coming and to
> some extent when, it gets harder to do complementary development (tools
> that would complement Kdevelop for instance).
> 
> Thank you for everything.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> 	Marko
> 
Hi Marko,
I think in the world of Open Source it is very difficult to have an road
map, because all the people who are developing they do it in their spare
time. And the do it for their own joy. So everyone is implementing
something when he wants to and not when he read it to do it in an road
map.

CU,
  Sven.

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