A thought: it seems inevitable that the first release of the new
software base won't be as mature as the current public release (0.6.5)
--- we really need a public beta to find things like the bug recently
reported to Rob H., which we'll never find on our own.
At the same time, having our only public release be somewhat immature
may make some people uncomfortable. (Even I think it's less than
ideal).
So, an idea --- instead of replacing the current project page with
Randy's new one immediately, put a *pointer* to it on the *current*
home page, labeling it "beta release of new code base", or something
like that; also, put caveats on the new page on status, and say that
we anticipate further 0.8.x releases for bugfixes only, culminating in
something we feel comfortable advertising (while beginning a new 0.9.x
series of development releases culminating in a 1.0).
I'm prepared to do this, and send an announcement, tomorrow if no one
seriously objects (IMHO, it's a much better idea than having anything
0.8.attainable-soon as our only current release).
rst
software base won't be as mature as the current public release (0.6.5)
--- we really need a public beta to find things like the bug recently
reported to Rob H., which we'll never find on our own.
At the same time, having our only public release be somewhat immature
may make some people uncomfortable. (Even I think it's less than
ideal).
So, an idea --- instead of replacing the current project page with
Randy's new one immediately, put a *pointer* to it on the *current*
home page, labeling it "beta release of new code base", or something
like that; also, put caveats on the new page on status, and say that
we anticipate further 0.8.x releases for bugfixes only, culminating in
something we feel comfortable advertising (while beginning a new 0.9.x
series of development releases culminating in a 1.0).
I'm prepared to do this, and send an announcement, tomorrow if no one
seriously objects (IMHO, it's a much better idea than having anything
0.8.attainable-soon as our only current release).
rst