RE: A GNOME Bindings release set?

[Murray Cumming Comneon com]

> From: Mike Kestner [mailto:mkestner ximian com] 
> On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 10:58, Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > So, is anybody going to take part in this? I would like to 
> get moving 
> > quickly because it is already quite late in the GNOME release 
> > schedule. That means getting some test tarballs released in 
> a couple 
> > of weeks time.
> 
> The GNOME 2.5 platform release schedule seems to start the 
> testing releases right before the API freeze.

No, I think you are confused because the top part of the schedule only shows
stuff that has not yet happened. The first GNOME 2.5.x test release went out
a couple of days ago. It was delayed a _lot_.

>  I'm curious 
> why you want to do a coordinated testing release in the next 
> couple weeks if the API freeze is planned for March. 

Why would you want to wait until the API freeze before doing test releases?
Release early, release often.

I will probably suggest an API freeze before the final release date, but API
freezes are quite fuzzy before an actual official 2.x.0 release, and it will
be difficult for me to check that they are really in effect. For the real
stable release, your application developers will punish you themselves if
you break API/ABI stability. Application developers are a tough bunch.

> > > Of course, anybody is free to follow the schedule even if
> > > they are not officially on it. That binding would then have a 
> > > very good chance of being on the schedule next time.
> 
> For Gtk#, I'm planning to be in the "follow the schedule 
> while not being officially on it" category, if possible.  

That's a pity. But that's the best way to get onto the GNOME 2.8 Bindings
schedule.

Murray Cumming
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