beta5 or rc1

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Monday 12 November 2007 18:36:44 Matt Rogers wrote:
> > > I'd love to see a release being tagged right before christmas. But I'd
> > > hate to receive a release from Santa where you get the feel that the QA
> > > Santa dwarves were on Christmas holidays already concerning the most
> > > basic functionality. :-)
> >
> > lol =) agreed .. i'm just saying if we press ourselves a bit, we may
> > surprise ourselves ... or at least avoid slipagitis taking over
> > completely.
>
> Also, allowing our deadlines not to slip actually gets people moving,
> i.e. the KConfig breakage that happened after we were supposed to be
> frozen because people said "oh shit! I didn't get X, Y, and Z done for
> KDE 4.0 and now I have to wait until KDE 5.0".
>
> We need some sense of urgency in order to get ourselves off our asses
> and get this stuff done.

I would also see a release rather sooner than later. That means tagging before 
Christmas. From a PR and Dirk's vacation POV, that also means let's try to 
stick to December 11, and not insert a beta.
-- 
sebas

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