No more release schedules.

Ian Monroe ian at monroe.nu
Thu Jun 9 20:44:51 CEST 2011


On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 13:12, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:
> A Thursday, June 09, 2011, Ian Monroe va escriure:
>> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 12:28, Tom Albers <toma at kde.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Since it seems some modules are going to have their own numbers and some
>> > modules will have a different (git) workflow, which will inevitably
>> > result in different release schedules, I propose we stop producing the
>> > central release schedule as we have now.
>> >
>> > So http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.7_Release_Schedule is the
>> > last one we provide. From here on, I think it would be best if the
>> > module maintainer or the particular git maintainer sets up a release
>> > schedule for their own module / repo. He can use the sofware in
>> > playground/utils/releaseschedule for their convenience.
>> >
>> > Of course this list can be used to coordinate a combined release between
>> > modules and what not.
>> >
>> > Even if this plan is vetoed away, I personally will not make a new
>> > schedule, as I have no idea how to do that in the new setup and I've
>> > little interest in studying the new setup.
>> >
>> > Best
>>
>> What a very modest proposal.
>
> Is that supposed to be read as an insult?
>
> Because i don't see why you should be insulting Tom, he made a proposal, and i
> have to think he he thinks is a good idea (even if i don't agree).
>
> Yes his proposal is a big change, but it wouldn't be the first big change we
> make, right?

No, not an insult, it's a literary reference that apparently fails to
translate[*]. I was thinking Toma perhaps just wanted to get a
discussion started.

Ian

[*] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal


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