Re: roadmap for next release?

* Peter J Ross <[email protected]> [2008-02-08 05:01]:
> On Friday 08 February 2008 02:05:22 Sven Guckes wrote:
> > * Peter J Ross <[email protected]> [2008-02-08 02:13]:
> > > Apart from the documentation being in need of some work
> > > (which would be a problem for 1.0 or even 0.10,
> > > but surely not for 0.9.9), is there anything
> > > preventing a 0.9.9 release soon, or even today?
> >
> > slrn has no roadmap, no milestones...
> > so noone but JED himself knows when
> > it will be ready for release...  *shrug*
>
> There's no hurry for a 1.0 release

so i figured..

> but a lot of people are using 0.9.8.1pl1 or pl2,
> both of which are badly broken in comparison to
> pre0.9.9. If 0.9.9 is impossible,
> let's call it 0.9.8.1pl3 instead!

no - wait!  let's move on just a little lober..
to 0.9.9.9.9.8.9.9.1beta9pl3pl1pl4plplpl..
*plenty* of time before a 1.0 release!

> > i have been waiting for a release for years now.
>
> "The latest stable version of slrn
> is 0.9.8.1, released on 2004-10-07."
>
> Yes, that *is* years.

so?  what else is new?

> > all development is spread across
> > the web in many different places.
>
> At present all development is
> centered on the SVN trunk, isn't it?

well - *is* it?

all i have seen are many problems with various encoding and mine stuff.
and many comments about what can be solved easier with slang XX.

frankly, i have lost the overview to all those patch sites.
and i have also lost an interest in keeping track.

> *Complete* MIME support can wait for 0.9.10.x or later.

so - what *are* we waiting for then?

who really cares whether slrn 1.0
has full mime support or not?

is there a roadmap with a red dot
saying "you are here"?  anywhere?

> > if in doubt.. ask JED.
>
> I did ask him, by posting here.

let's ask again...   louder:
"JED?  what are your plans?"

Sven

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