[V2.0] KDE4.0.0 Release Roadmap

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Sunday 11 March 2007 23:36:20 Tom Albers wrote:
> > - Calling the release "4.0.0" with the two zeros looks strange. Wouldn't
> > it be more common to call it "4.0"?
>
> This is a real problem I think. On several mailinglists I see that people
> are expecting 4.0.0 to be better than 3.5.6. I'm a bit scared that
> expectations are too high. Adding an extra 0 might help here?

I don't really think that this helps. (Well, it *does* help us if we're 
targetting a 4.0.4 release at some point!)

Much more important is getting the messaging for this right. This is at this 
point actively being discussed on the marketing list, and the general 
direction probably looks like:

- 4.0 is not 4.x (i.e. features of KDE4 might not be ready for 4.0 but will 
  make it in later)
- 4.0 is the beginning of the KDE4 experience for the user

I'd drop the 4.0.0 thing, it'll probably only cause extra confusion. Getting 
the expectation right is a bit more complex than adding a .0, this is 
something that the Marketing Team should deal with.
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sebas

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