Re: RFC: going to add 2.18 branch

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 07/11/2006, at 9:07 PM, Gabor Kelemen wrote:

> Abel Cheung írta:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have done the necessary changes to switch to 2.18 release and
> > drop 2.14 branch data form status pages. It's ready for commit.
> > If anyway still like 2.14 to be there, please shout aloud, otherwise
> > I'll go ahead and commit the change (and pray).
> >
> > Abel
> This week, 2.17.2 is due to be out. Perhaps it's really time to  
> replace
> 2.14 with 2.18.
That's certainly the way it looks from our POV. However, I'm  
beginning to realize that things may be different for our users.

I've just translated the release-notes for Debian "Etch", the new  
Debian system which will be out this December. It proudly announced  
that it included GNOME 2.14 !

I gather Ubuntu did the same. So we're going to receive feedback and  
bug reports on GNOME 2.14 files from a large section of our user- 
base. I don't understand why the distros don't release the current  
GNOME version, but it means we do need to maintain and update what to  
so many users is "the latest GNOME": GNOME 2.14.

In effect, that leaves us working actively on three GNOME branches:  
the upcoming version (HEAD or 2.18), the latest release (2.16), and  
what the distros release as the latest release (2.14). :S

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN

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