Re: Gnome 2.4 revisted
<quote who="Christian Marillat">
> > 2.4, when it's released, won't be as stable as 2.2 is right now. While
> > it is stable, I'm not sure whether it will be as stable as 2.2 when it
> > came out either. Though, that has more to do with the new modules than
> > anything else (and weird panel stuff that Real Users end up finding,
> > because it's essentially a rewrite).
>
> Then why are you released an unstable 2.4 ? If you think that 2.4 is so
> unstable don't release a 2.4 but another 2.3
Beta 1 is coming out todayish, Beta 2 is going out on the 25th, and the
Release Candidate is going out on September 1st. The final release will be
on September 10th. So there's still almost another month for stabilisation
before we release.
There are areas of 2.4 that I don't think will be regarded as 100% stable,
as is the case with any release. I'm sure we'll be doing at least two point
releases after 2.4.0, as we've done in the past.
It's more important to get 2.4.0 out into people's hands than it is to wait
for amorphous and difficult-to-define stability goals. I'm not saying that
it won't be usable, I'm just giving a realistic appraisal of where we're at.
- Jeff
--
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You know the end is nigh when modern art is relegated to the status of
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