| Summary: | KDE 4 release schedule outdated/inconsistent WRT RC2/final release | ||
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| Product: | [Websites] www.kde.org | Reporter: | Philippe Cloutier <chealer> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | kde-www mailing-list <kde-www> |
| Status: | VERIFIED FIXED | ||
| Severity: | normal | CC: | schumacher, tuju |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | unspecified | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
Philippe Cloutier
2007-10-31 14:12:08 UTC
RC 2 will be the final release if nothing goes wrong. That's the notion of a "release candidate". I clarified the text a bit. Cornelius, I see, I didn't expect that, but nevertheless there's no release date for RC 2. Reopening due to lack of RC2 release date. The schedule clearly states that RC 2 is released as final 4.0. Cornelius, I hadn't understood that RC 2 wouldn't be released (unless it becomes KDE 4). I clarified the page considering that - hoping I didn't misunderstand. RC 2 will be released, either as RC 2 with an RC 3 scheduled after that or as final. I updated the page to accurately reflect that. I see - IIUC RC 2 will only be released as RC 2 if it is buggy. That's a bit counter-intuitive, but I think I understand; I'll clarify the page unless I'm missing something. While I was going to proceed, I figured out what the real plan is (hopefully this time!). To avoid you being as confused as I was, one important clarification: while you're right that release candidates can be final, a release candidate can't be released both as a RC and a final at the same moment. For example, the following plan is possible with the usual and language-abusive meaning of "release candidate": alpha beta tag RC1 release RC1 tag RC2 release RC2 tag .0 release .0 Or, unusual but respecting the meaning of "release candidate": alpha beta tag RC1 release RC1 unless RC1 is found to be buggy, re-release RC1 as .0 KDE 4's schedule is in the first case, so I scrapped the RC 2. Hope it's clear now :) |