[CREATE] Release Timetable

[Craig Bradney]

On Thursday 13 October 2005 22:52, you wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-10-12 at 01:37 +0200, Craig Bradney wrote:
> > Is there a timeframe for the first release of a package?
>
> I just put the roadmap up on the site's wiki so that we could do a more
> regular press release of the status of the project (since we are not
> really releasing any source). However, maybe we should release versions
> of the specs we define as a package. That would be a novel idea, right?
>
> http://create.freedesktop.org/wiki/
>
> > I've just built Krita 1.4.2 and I'd like those colour palettes( erm,
> > sets, swatches.. ugh).. and either we copy them over to Scribus 1.3.2cvs
> > at some point, or will there be a release of a compiled set of
> > palettes/brushes etc in the near future?
>
> Right, lets do this for the 0.01 release. Or, should we use this
> numbering scheme: 0.1.0. I think I would like to try this scheme as we
> can climb versions faster.

0.1.0 for sure. Despite a lot of people being aware of the version number 
doesnt matter, the syndrome of anything not actually reaching a 1.0 release 
exists.

> > What support do you need in terms of packaging?
>
> I guess we need to invent a good way (or even better learn a better
> strategy for packaging our content).
>
> You know, the more I think about it, we should put out a package with
> all of our content with a Makefile to install to the standard location
> we talked about:
>
> /usr/share/XXXXX (media ;)
>
> That really makes sense...
>
> What do you all think?

Scons? Those who know python might jump into this quickly. It looks fairly 
simple to someone who doesnt know much python. Then again, a simple Makefile 
isnt too bad either, as long as you avoid autotools. :)

Craiog