[Kmymoney-devel] Proposed string and feature-freeze and release date

[Alvaro Soliverez]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Jack <ostroffjh at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 2010.07.22 20:08, Alvaro Soliverez wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> the removal of the last pieces of Qt3Support by Cristian enables us to
>> go into string- and feature-freeze and then release the stable for KDE
>> Platform 4.
>>
>> Jack asked me for a few days notice before the freeze. Now, we could
>> go into freeze this Monday July 26th, to allow the weekend for any big
>> changes. After that, it would be 3 weeks of freeze and the release
>> sometime around August 16th.
>>
>> Beginning the freeze, only bug-related commits are allowed.
>> 3 days before release (sometime around August 13th), only critical or
>> compile-crash commits are allowed.
>> As usual, once we are in string-freeze, any change to a string has to
>> be pre-approved by the kde-i18n-doc teams and they have to be CC'ed on
>> the commits. Spelling mistakes are the only exception, but CC the i18n
>> list on the commit, so they can tell why they have new fuzzy strings.
>>
>> Let me know if you agree with the dates, so we let other teams know
>> about it.
>>
>> I have to say I'm very happy we've made it this far. Only a few weeks
>> left and the stable release will be out the door.
>
> That gives me three days for the rest of changes to the handbook.  I'm
> OK with that - but if anybody has things they think need to be changed
> (in the handbook) let me know.  Otherwise, I'll do the FAQ and then a
> quick search through my notes and emails for other high priority
> changes (and I know there are one or two screenshots that need to
> reflect recent changes.)
>
> Alvaro - how does this tie in with the general KDE 4.5 release?
>

KDE SC 4.5 is being released on August 4th. We'd be right behind them.