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Waldo Bastian: KDE 2.1.1 Release Plan

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2001
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:06:12 -0800
From: Waldo Bastian bastian@kde.org
To: kde-devel@kde.org, kde-core-devel@kde.org, kde-i18n-doc@kde.org
Subject: 2.1.1 RELEASE SCHEDULE (proposal)

KDE 2.1.1 Release Plan
======================

The following is the outline for our KDE 2.1.1 release schedule.

The primary goals of the 2.1.1 release are:
* Critical bugfixes
* Completion of the translations in many languages
* Documentation for almost all applications
* Improvement of the icons (yes?)

All dates given here are subject to revision, but we will try out best to
stick to them if possible.

David Faure is acting as release coordinator for the KDE 2.1.1 and 2.2
releases

Monday March 19
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Last day for translations, documentation, icons and critical bugfixes commits
to the KDE_2_1_BRANCH.

Tuesday morning (GMT) March 20
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The CVS is tagged KDE_2_1_1_RELEASE, tarballs are released to the packagers

The rest of the week is spent testing the tarballs, packaging and writing the
announcement and changelog.

Friday March 23
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Spread sources and binaries to mirror sites.

Monday March 26
===============
Announce KDE 2.1.1.

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Frequently Asked Questions
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Q) Which packages are included?

A) The KDE 2.1.1 release is an update of the 2.1 release. The same packages
will be included. The list is :
kde-i18n
kdebase
kdegraphics
kdemultimedia
kdepim
kdetoys
kdoc
kdeadmin
kdegames
kdelibs
kdenetwork
kdesupport
kdeutils
kdevelop

Q) Which version of Qt should be used with this version of KDE ?

A) Qt 2.2.3 and Qt 2.3 should work fine, but Qt 2.2.4 is recommended.

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bastian@kde.org | SuSE Labs KDE Developer | bastian@suse.com

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