How about plans for a 2.1.x/2.2.0 release?

[Andreas Köhler]

Hi,

On Do, 2007-02-22 at 10:33 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Do you think we can get the compression and F::Q support done in
> this timeframe?

F::Q: definitely.
Compression: I really hope so... as last resort I could spend loads of
sleepless hours on some May day.

> -derek

-- andi5

> Quoting Christian Stimming <stimming at tuhh.de>:
> 
> > Dear developers,
> >
> > I'd like to propose some release date planning for the next stable
> > release series. The development in trunk has undergone quite a bunch of
> > changes since branch-2.0 was split off in July 2006. The feature I've
> > been working on (Windows port) of course is one major new feature, but
> > I'm very sure there are other completely new features and improvements
> > as well. For this reason, I think we should start to plan a new stable
> > release series in the coming months, starting with some unstable/beta
> > releases numbered 2.1.0 and so on, and eventually reaching a 2.2.0 release.
> >
> > I've proposed some dates for this on
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Release_Schedule . For the parts I'm
> > working on (Online banking, Windows), I would predict all
> > not-yet-finished features will probably be finished within a few weeks.
> > For that reason, I would propose unstable/beta releases as early as
> > mid-March, and planning for a stable 2.2.0 release in mid-May. What do
> > you think?
> >
> > With regards to the ideas about Summer of Code, I think those projects
> > would be good for after-2.2.0, which IMHO is yet another reason to plan
> > for a 2.2.0 before the summer. Also, I know a 2.2.0 in May probably
> > means the register-rewrite won't make it this time, which is indeed
> > unfortunate, but OTOH there are already enough other features which
> > would IMHO justify a new stable series.
> >
> > Further comments, ideas, suggestions? Also, feel free to directly edit
> > the wiki page.
> >
> > Christian