time-based release: sync with Kubuntu

[ariya]

Here http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/2789, jriddell wrote about
synchronizing application's release plan with that of Gutsy, which is
available at https://wiki.kubuntu.org/GutsyReleaseSchedule.

Since SpeedCrunch has been and is still always the default desktop
calculator for Kubuntu, I reckon it will be a great service to the
Kubuntu team if we start to synchronize our release with them. IOW I
propose a time-based release instead of feature-base.

What do you guys think?

In addition, for version 0.8, if we want to sync it with Gutsy, there
is still time until around end of July before we make a final version.
So we shall make some alpha and/or beta releases this month and enter
bugfix sessions soon.

Regards,

Ariya

[Johan Thelin]

On 6/5/07, ariya <ariya....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Since SpeedCrunch has been and is still always the default desktop
> calculator for Kubuntu, I reckon it will be a great service to the
> Kubuntu team if we start to synchronize our release with them. IOW I
> propose a time-based release instead of feature-base.
>
> What do you guys think?

I think that this sounds like a good idea. It also means that the
project will become more agile - as I expect the releases to be more
frequent.

/J

[Helder Correia]

I had already thought about this myself. I guess we all agree on that
then, so I propose the following release schedule for the next
(strongly awaited) version:

. June 20th - 0.8beta1
. July 1st - 0.8beta2
. July 15th - 0.8

Which gives us more than a month for the final version and be
synchronized with Gutsy.
Any opposition?

And then we must schedule 0.9 right after releasing 0.8...

[Ariya Hidayat]

> I had already thought about this myself. I guess we all agree on that
> then, so I propose the following release schedule for the next
> (strongly awaited) version:
>
> . June 20th - 0.8beta1
> . July 1st - 0.8beta2
> . July 15th - 0.8
>
> Which gives us more than a month for the final version and be
> synchronized with Gutsy.
> Any opposition?

Very nice! At least I completely agree with your plan.

From my side, I won't add any new features anymore. So when your eng()
implementation is in, we can start hunting and fixing the bugs, as
well as notifying the translators.

Regards,

Ariya

[Jonathan Jesse]

In the new changes are there more changes that need to be made to the documentation in order for .8?  I work on the Kubuntu Documentation team and wouldn't mind helping out with this as well.  Just need some pointers on how to get started if there is a need for it.

[Ariya Hidayat]

> In the new changes are there more changes that need to be made to the
> documentation in order for .8? I work on the Kubuntu Documentation team and
> wouldn't mind helping out with this as well. Just need some pointers on how
> to get started if there is a need for it.

Hi Jonathan,

Thank you very much for the offer! Indeed, we have a lot of things to
do regarding the documentation. I believe the original docbook that
was written for Kubuntu is already a bit out of date. I'll try to
commit a rudimentary new documentation (in docbook) to our repository.
Since likely you know better about documentation, your help is very
much welcomed.

Regards,

Ariya

[Jonathan Jesse]

Ariya,

Your welcome, sorry about the delay in responding, but I have been traveling a lot lately.  Where is the repository located for the docbook files?  Any thing else I need to do to work those up and then commit changes?

Than ks,

Jonathan

[Ariya Hidayat]

> Your welcome, sorry about the delay in responding, but I have been traveling
> a lot lately. Where is the repository located for the docbook files? Any
> thing else I need to do to work those up and then commit changes?

Please give me a few days to clean-up my mess, then I'll commit it. Of
course I would let you know when I'm ready.

Regards,

Ariya