Re: [freesci-develop] Code freeze imminent

[Nuno Martins]

Bad as it sounds, i can test it on a Wiindows machine

cheers

chaos


----- Original Message -----
From: "Christoph Reichenbach" <address@hidden>
To: "FreeSCI development mailing list" <address@hidden>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: [freesci-develop] Code freeze imminent


> Hi,
>
> 0.3.4 is around the corner. It won't quite have all the features we listed
> in the TODO, but the list of changes-- particularly the large amount of
bug
> fixes-- does warrant another release.
>
> Due to personal time constraints, I'd like to release on January 12th (I'd
> actually like to release earlier, but that wouldn't really leave anyone
time
> to react ;-)
>
> This means that, unless there are good reasons for not doing so, we'll
enter
> a code freeze on January 6th (Monday).
>
> Glutton: We should release a first version of 0.6.0 simultaneously, as the
> 'unstable' 'alternative', to minimize confusion. Since no one else seems
to
> be working on glutton, I won't give a concrete date for a freeze here; if
> you'd like to work on it, please contact me so we can coordinate this. If
> glutton compiles and (mostly) runs on standard Linux platforms, that'll be
> sufficient; this version will be deliberately "experimental" in the hopes
> of maximizing our chances for getting patches.
>
> Code freeze: What this means, essentially, is that you should not change
> anything unless it serves the sole purpose of fixing bugs and is
sufficiently
> contained to minimize the risk of breaking anything else.
>
>
> I can test on the following platforms:
> - Linux/Debian(sid) on Digital Alpha (*)
> - Linux/Debian(woody) on IA32 (*)
> - Linux/Red Hat(7.2) on IA32
> - Solaris/Sun on SPARC
>
> (*) Only until Jan. 8th
>
> And possibly on various Alpha OSses (*BSD, Tru64, RH, SuSE), if the Compaq
> TestDrive is still up and running.
>
> I can also test the following graphics targets: SDL, xlib, ggi
> ...and the following sound setups: adlibemu/OSS, adlibemu/ALSA (does that
> work already?), MT32/ALSA
>
> If my laptop is repaired by then, I can also test the directfb gfx driver
> and native OSS adlib.
>
> Any volunteers for other platforms?
>
>
> llap,
>  Christoph
>
>
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