[Compcomm] Release Criteria

[Sam Spilsbury]

Just suggestions ;-)

On 6/11/07, RYX <ryx at ryxperience.com> wrote:
> Am Montag, den 11.06.2007, 21:49 +0800 schrieb Sam Spilsbury:
> > Recently, regarding the name discussion, a lot of developers have
> > decided that we do the poll again, so it is done properly. A very good
> > point was raised on the forums, that doing this again should buy us
> > some time to push out a polished release package (0.1)
> >
> > Ideally, we should sync with Compiz Core releases, so we need to
> > contact David about that.
> I am pretty sure that he won't give you a very satisfying answer :D ...
> The next release comes when it is ready. It is diffcult to exactly
> predict _when_ that will be because it often depends on other stuff
> (e.g. new xorg version etc.).
>
> > However, that is besides the point. We can decide the new name soon
> > and wait a while until packages are released. We need to release
> > packages soon.
> Why exactly do we need packages so soon? All parts of the "new project"
> are available individually. Making all these untested and unfinished
> parts available to a wider audience only reduces the project's image and
> credibility. We shouldn't continue this impatient "let's push that out"
> behavior, that is highly unprofessional. The main devs already agreed on
> prefixing the packages with "compcomm-" until there is a real name and I
> am sure they will release packages once they think their work is ready.
>
> > Hence, to know exactly what we are releasing, we need a release
> > criteria and date.
> I think I can't follow you. You mean to know _what_ we are releasing we
> need a criteria and date? Or short: we not know _what_ we release unless
> we know _when_ we release it? Do I get you right?
>
> >
> > I believe for the date, we need to contact david and ask him when 0.6
> > and 0.7 of the compiz core are coming out. We also need to decide
> > whether we will be based on 0.6 or 0.7.
> >
> > For the release criteria, we need to decide what goes in which
> > package. Fast. We also need to decide the spec for 0.1. I will start
> > with what we think we need by that time.
> >
> > *Name (Duh)
> > *Settings Manager (CCSM)?
> > *Plugins
> >   *FirePaint
> >   *Expo
> >   *Got-Viewport and Viewport Switcher
> >   *Scale Addon
> > *Relevant decorators uptodate and packaged
> > *Default settings
> > *Website
> > *Documentation
> > *Artwork
> > *Almost no functional regressions from Beryl or Compiz
> You still plan to start beryl 2.0, don't you? ;)
>
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