Re: [AD] Getting back up to speed and the role of the Dictator

[Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 10:04 -0600, Thomas Fjellstrom wrote:
> On Thursday 20 July 2006 10:00 am, Peter Wang wrote:
> > On 2006-07-19, Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2006-07-19 at 22:40 +0200, Evert Glebbeek wrote:
> > > > The 4.3 Dictator would have to get a checklist of things that should be
> > > > in 4.3, draft a timeframe and motivate people (and himself) to
> > > > contribute. The latter will be by far the hardest part, as we're all
> > > > pressed for time.
> > > >
> > > > I hope that this will make it a bit easier and less time consuming to
> > > > be Dictator, because the `job' is only for the forseable future or with
> > > > a specific goal in mind.
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts? Candidates?
> > > > Peter Wang and Elias Pschernig are the first names that leap to my
> > > > mind.
> > >
> > > I agree. Having a goal for 4.3.0 and working towards that will be best,
> > > even if it means making 4.3.0 somewhat feature stripped, e.g. no working
> > > backwards compatibility layer. (4.4.0 is the version which would need
> > > all the stuff, but we need not care about that yet.)
> >
> > I may just push out what's in the SVN repository as 4.3.0 this weekend
> > (no objections I hope).  After that, I don't know.
> 
> is 4.3.* even remotely ready to have any sort of release?
> 

For a WIP release? Certainly. Peter even coded a small example game in
it, which he sent here some time ago :)

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Elias Pschernig