Carsten, I'm not at ease with the "2.1 alpha" concept, I'll tell you why:
1) "Ordinary" users would feel encouraged to use it, increasing the burden on the mailing lists and spreading confusion... and I fear the warning won't stop them, since it so easy to download it and try 3) There are many features of 2.0.3 still unknown to many, hence, IMHO, the 2.1 roll-out should be carefully managed not to further confuse users 4) A couple Cocoon books have been released recently, another one is in the pipeline, and the release of a new "major" version would make them, if not obsolete, rather incomplete To sum it up: I'd rather devolve some efforts on having a rock-solid 2.0.x with improved doc than an alpha 2.1. Not that I dislike flowmaps and blocks... quite the opposite :) Just my 1.2c (after tax). Best regards, Luca Morandini [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: Carsten Ziegeler [mailto:cziegeler@;s-und-n.de] > Inviato: giovedì 14 novembre 2002 13.57 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: RE: Releases > > > Using an alpha version means acception a risk in using this software. > It should be absolutely clear to everyone that an alpha version might be > a) not complete > b) not stable > c) may look absolutely different in the final release > d) ...add your favorite here... > > Of course, in most cases an alpha version in open source projects can be > compared to beta versions in commercial development. (This is of course > neither true for *all* open source projects nor for *all* commercial > development.) > > The main advantage in releasing alhpa versions for us is to make changes > available for others very early and to get more feedback. This feedback > can either be missing documentation, changes in features, > enhancements etc., > but also - and I consider this very important - bug fixes. > Because, if you are interested in the latest version, you have the > chance to get the alpha release, detect and then fix the bugs and > contribute to the project. > And by releasing an alpha version the pressure on the community increases > to make a final release sometime in the near future ;) > > Carsten > We are protected from the virus by Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
