[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM 0.11.0 release plans

[Max Horn]

Am 06.12.2007 um 12:33 schrieb Eugene Sandulenko:

> On Dec 6, 2007 12:37 PM,  <neil at millstone.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>> It works just fine in SCUMM games, tried AGOS engine over last  
>> weekend and it just crashes on engine start.
> I suggest you to closely collaborate with Kirben on that.
>
>> Personally, I would much prefer more notice than a month when new  
>> version is to be released.  I would have liked to have a stable  
>> beta out for testing two or three weeks before the release date,  
>> but with five
>> weeks notice on the release, this seems unlikely this time round.
> Well, Ender posted a new item about possible January release several
> weeks ago.

Hmm, I only see a news item were he points out that 0.1.0 was release  
on January 15th many years ago. But no release announcement. Maybe I  
am missing something?

Even if he had done so, it's very easy to miss a news item on our  
page. I guess I am not the only one who only rarely surfs to our  
homepage. I usually only learn about news items by the corresponding  
commit mails.
So, such an indirect release announcement would hardly be sufficient.  
Which is why it's so good you are always posting these detailed  
release plan announcements to scummvm-devel, which I find absolutely  
great! The only thing I'd wish for was that the release plan was  
posted like 2 months before its start, instead of 2 days ;).


> Also we usually try to make a release each 6 months, and
> considering the fact that there were no 0.10.1, it's time to release
> new one.

That's not a particular good argument in my eyes. Now, if we decided  
to make it official policy that we release every (early) January and  
(early) July, then OK -- then it would have been predictable for all  
devs that we are going to release. Alas, we haven't done so. Maybe we  
should?


> Moreover, we've been discussing it on IRC for some time now
> as well.

Which is insufficient, as it exclude the majority of our developers  
from the discussion.

Bye,
Max