I'm game for that. I really want to get back into things and help
out. I'm totally up for it if you just want to throw something my way.
- Alan
On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Colin Barrett wrote:
This plan sound good to me. I've moved and my schedule has calmed
down enough that I can probably squeeze in some time. I'll track
down Steve Holt and we can knock our brains together.
-Colin
On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Evan Schoenberg, M.D. wrote:
On Apr 22, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Alan Humpherys wrote:
I must confess to being a complete novice when it comes to
integration of a new libpurple version into our code base, but
seeing the relatively large numbers of patches which are necessary
to fix security and compatibility issues in our existing version,
I wonder if it wouldn't be better to pull the new version of the
library and do both a 1.3.11 and a 1.4B18 release with it. (Of
course, I defer to the experts on the wisdom of that path).
Doing a major libpurple version upgrade on the 1.3 branch would be
a large undertaking; I definitely don't think it's worth doing. A
minimal release with the plucked changes to fix some protocol
breakages seems reasonable, and it should easy enough to do.
I know that I haven't been active in the project, but have some
time over the next weeks that I can invest. (It would also be
great if I had a more experienced expert to collaborate with.) I
really think we need to push hard and get a completed 1.4 out the
door.
I fully agree. What we need is a deadline; 1.4 has languished long
enough, and the fact of the matter is that fixing every bug is
simply an impossible goal.
I propose Thursday, May 13. It's a largely selfish date: I'll have
a couple days prior in which I am free to focus on nothing but
hacking on Adium, and since I have company in town that weekend
(and every other weekend in May) I don't want to release on or
immediately before the weekend.
Let's ship. The momentum we gain - both for ourselves, seeing a
major release finally moving, and from the outside as folks see how
much we've accomplished - will make 1.4.1 a much easier goal than
1.4 was.
Thoughts?
-Evan
