KDE SC 4.5 schedule

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On March 27, 2010, Simon Edwards wrote:
> I strongly want to see an API freeze kick in at this time too. No more
> changes to APIs or header files (except docs) after this date, including

the result will be poorer APIs than necessary. those of us working on new API 
often do not get critical feedback on API related issues, particularly the 
detail oriented sort. already some things leak through and make it into final 
releases, despite doing API reviews at the project level (e.g. on plasma-
devel) and subsequently asking for review elsewhere (e.g. k-c-d). the less 
time we have to do this, the more warts that will slip through.

i understand that the ballance point is binding releases, but i question 
prioritizing those efforts over the sanitation of the C++ APIs that underly 
them.

if bindings need extra time to release, could we do bindings releases N weeks 
after the Development Platform C++ release? this would avoid a trade off 
between "rushed bindings" and "more warts in the C++ API".

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