[openlp-dev] Release Schedule

[Raoul Snyman]

I've not been terribly connected recently, and I saw some chatter in IRC 
about 2.4.5 so I wanted to weigh in where more folks can see (and have 
their say).

I agree with the chatter about releasing 2.4.5. There are a few bugs 
that have been fixed recently, and a bugfix release would not go amiss 
amongst our most vocal users/supporters.

What date works for most people?

  - 22 Jan
  - 29 Jan
  - 5 Feb    (my personal preference)


Secondly, we really need to get back to the discussion about what we do 
for 2.6.


>    1. Release 2.6 with current functionality (maybe we fix up some of 
> the
>    small improvements) and target it for Easter

Can I ask what our current functionality is? What new features have we 
added to 2.6 that aren't currently in 2.4? I like this idea, I just want 
to know what we have in there, and if maybe we can add one or two more 
small features and then do a major release.


>    2. Add web updates into 2.8

I agree. API and new web remotes need to be delayed, we need some more 
time with this.

>    3. Target renderer to 2.8 or 3.0 depending on how long it takes to 
> make
>    stable

I would say 2.10, or 3.0 (if things are upgraded enough) for a new 
renderer (one of our most requested features is transitions)


> As the core code is stable now should only fully function features be 
> added
> so we can release a version each year.

I really want us to speed up our major releases. This is becoming 
increasingly important, and bundling bug fixes into major releases means 
less bugfix releases, and less duplicate work.

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Raoul Snyman
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raoul at snyman.info