Re: guile-gtk-1.2: Request for release

[Daniel Skarda]

Hello,

>>     1) Release every month
>
> I assume that's an attempt at comedy and you forgot a smiley face.

  Of course some part of my letter was written as hyperbole. But sometimes it
works and it is a way how to move things forward (or upset some people ;) 

  I am sorry if my message did not move things forward.

  IMHO it does make sense to release every month, even I would like to propose
to call such releases guile-gtk 1.0pre0, 1.0pre1... because:

   * We do not expect any rewrite or incompatible change of interfaces.

   * It is not likely that new code (new function bindings) will break old code.

   * Almost all bindings are already there.

   * You know, the famous "release often, release regularly" cliche:

     It is always good signal to (potential) users, Freshmeat readers,
     knights who say Ni and developers, who do not like to say "check out
     guile-gtk CVS":

       "We are here, we are working and stable release is within sight."
  
Best regards,
Daniel Skarda
 
>>     2) When there was no new release for more than two months (no changes in
>>        CVS for two months), label it 1.0
>
> No.
>
> The present cvs is pretty reasonable, and could probably go as an 0.5
> or something.  Various bugs recently introduced or longer standing
> have been squashed.  There's probably some diffs needing to be
> reviewed for the savannah crack.
>
> Something called 1.0 will probably wait for tolerably complete
> coverage in the gtk part.  (gdk is mostly covered now.)