Re: Proposed release process/plans

[Luis Villa <louie ximian com>]

On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 00:27, Dave Bordoley wrote:
> Galeon 2 is coming along very well right now. Any chance that it can
> become a core gnome component in 2.2. It seems some what strange that
> gnome doesn't have a web browser (nautilus-gtkhtml doesn't count). 

This discussion should not be about /component/ specifics; the
discussion, rather, should be about the time spans and such proposed; if
galeon is ready in that framework, great; if not, oh well. [Alternately,
if you think we should be _generally_ feature based and not time based,
go for it but please don't use _specific_ features to justify that
position.]

Luis

> > Rough Outline of 2.2.0
> > ====================================================================
> > 
> > In the proposed framework, release feature lists are predictions, not
> > goals. That is, the goal is to release 6 months after 2.0.0. The
> > feature list is a guess at what will be ready.
> > 
> > Realistically, features that will be ready to freeze in 4 months are
> > features that are either very small or already in roughly working
> > form. Here are some predictions:
> > 
> >  - GTK 2.2
> >  - multihead support in some core components e.g. the panel
> >  - Metacity if we decide to adopt it
> >  - VTE if we decide to adopt it
> >  - a prototype of a new file selector in libegg, used by
> >    some core apps
> >  - Nautilus/panel/control-center incremental enhancements
> >  - media framework and media player
> >  - application launch feedback
> >  - new apps that have been ported in the meantime, perhaps 
> >    GNOME Office.
> > 
> > All of these things are already being actively developed. Large
> > features that aren't in progress most likely won't make 2.2. But of
> > course they could - it's just a matter of whether they are
> > dogfood-quality within 4 months.
> 
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