Re: GNOME 2.0 Schedule

[STEPHEN BROWNE <STEPHEN BROWNE Sun COM>]

Releasing often is fine as long as it is mainly for bug fixes
and there is no API breakage or significant UI breakages.

How do we ever expect to be able to support a development
platform for ISVs if we cannot guarantee API stability and if we
dont make an effort to get rid of deprecated APIs and widgets.

The same goes for UI changes. Why deliver a desktop and then change
the User Interface shortly after because we dont have time to listen
to the usability people right now?

I dont know about other Gnome distributors, but from a SUN point of view
I would really really not like to deliver multiple versions of libs
(because porting didnt happen on time) and/or change (possibly
radically?)
the UI shortly after a fully supported release.

Support costs would go through the roof. 

Stephen.


Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> 
> >
> > Don't be afraid of releases; they're good for you. All experience
> > suggests that frequent releases lead to more and better software than
> > constant release-stalling. The more often a project releases the
> > better off it is, no question. And there is really no reason we can't
> > make the currently proposed date with something respectable.
> > Let's just do it.
> >
> 100% agreed, we should have releases more often. And this reminds me,
> what happened to the 1.4.1 release Kjartan was preparing? AFAIK, it
> stopped on Beta 2.
> 
> cheers
> --
> Rodrigo Moya