P.S. I think we should keep releasing 0.5pre versions periodically during the next three weeks. Aza will take care of organizing that effort. --Jono
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Jono<[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everybody, > Software is hard. > I feel bad to even suggest this after how hard all the Ubiquity > contributors have been working towards this release over the past few > weeks, but I am thinking about pushing the 0.5 release back a couple > more weeks, until I have returned from my trip. I just got done > talking to Atul and he strongly suggested doing so, for the following > reasons: > > 1. The server-side components (bug reporter, command search engine, > etc) are not anywhere near ready. I've been working on them all day > and discovered that the job is much, much bigger than I thought. I > thought it was going to be a one-day thing but it looks more like we > will have to seriously rethink the server infrastructure if we want to > offer bug reporting and command search services to our users. > > 2. Support: After we release 0.5 onto addons.mozilla.com, since it is > such a big change to how ubiquity works, there is bound to be a huge > influx of users with support requests, maybe more serious bugs > discovered, etc. This would be happening while I was gone and not > able to help with any of the support work. Leaving the users hanging > with new problems due to 0.5 might be a worse thing to do to them than > making them wait another couple of weeks to get 0.5. > > 3. Features: If we push it back, we will have time to try to put in > some of the features we cut out: Suggestion memory, provider-plugin > arguments, and most of all, asynchronous noun-first suggestion (in a > way that doesn't count as a DDOS attack on Yelp). > > So, if we push it back, then we'll be able to do a more polished > release, with the server-side components working, and at a time when > I'll be available to help with the support and bug fixing and the > inevitable patches that will be needed. > > This isn't just my decision, though. What does everybody else think > of pushing the release back? > --Jono > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ubiquity-firefox" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubiquity-firefox?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
