beta5 or rc1

[Torsten Rahn]

> Let's just do RC1 and get this thing out the door. I'm tired of
> watching the release date slip and we don't do anything for the
> project by allowing it to slip further.
>
> We _need_ to get a release out the door.

Wrong attitude at this point of time. We are almost there and don't need to 
jump the gun (that's what you suggest).

Let's carefully review whether all showstoppers for an RC1 have been solved. 
If this is the case then I'm indeed all for releasing RC1. If this is not the 
case then we should either consider postponing tagging for a week or we 
should just go for releasing Beta5 instead. At this point of time it's 
clearly obvious that we don't need to fear that it will take eternally to get 
KDE4 out of the door.

I think it would be helpful if the release dude would ask the people involved 
with the last few showstoppers when those showstoppers will be fixed. 
Based on that we should decide how to proceed. I remember that this was done 
for earlier releases. It helped to make people commit themselves to get the 
release out of the door soon while at the same time making sure that we'd 
adhere to our quality standards.

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