On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 11:15 -0400, Christopher Curtis wrote: > Hello everyone, > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Marco Ciampa <ciampix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Any hint on when GIMP 2.8.1 will be released? > > > > I know that the idea of timed releases has generally not been well received > in the past, but I wonder if the GIMP team would agree that timed > point-releases are a good thing? > > Somehow, after 3.5 years of development, version 2.8 turned out not to be > perfect. Well, that stuff happens, but there appear to be another 38 bugs > currently fixed in the 2.8 trunk (assuming my bugzilla-fu is worthy). > > What do release managers think about, say, point releases no longer than > every 3 months? > > That seems to me like a decent amount of time for users to adopt the > release and find the low-hanging issues, developers to address the simpler > nuisances, and reasonable amount of time for people to put up with the > problems while they wait for the next known release. Version 2.8 was > released on May 3; by this schedule, 2.8.1 would have been released around > August 3. I completely agree with everything you said. I assume you are going to help making this happen? --Mitch _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
