Re: [ros-dev] 0.3 release plan - Again

[David Johnson]

I am waiting with bated breth for 0.3.
I have a test system that is waiting for USB. As soon as USB is working I
will put ROS on my real hardware for testing.

I hope this will be a help to the group.

On 11/17/05, Richard Campbell <eek2121(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>  
>  I'd like to recommend that releases after 0.3 be focused on stability.
>  If an application makes a bad call/isn't compatible/whatever it
>  shouldn't take down the whole system.
>
>  Magnus Olsen wrote:
>
> >  we already have some part of directx working in
> > reactos
> > the graphic system of directx like directdraw and directd3d will maybe 
>  come
> >  after 0.3 but I am planing gettin the win32k ready
> > for d3d
> > after that I think it is egunt with dx support for 0.3
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steven Edwards" <steven_ed4153(a)yahoo.com>
> > To: <ros-dev(a)reactos.org>
> > Sent: den 17 November 2005 05:34
> > Subject: [ros-dev] 0.3 release plan - Again
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >  Hi All,
> > > My how history repeats itself. I would like to call for a feature freeze
> > >
> > >  
> > on Jan 1st with the
> >
> >
> > >  approval of the Testing Coordinator. Although we
> > > have not had that many
> > >
> > >  
> > releases of the 0.2.x line
> >
> >
> > >I feel enough has changed to and that we need to bump to 0.3. Lets 
>  review
> > >  
> > >  
> > some history
> >
> >
> > >0.1.x - winhello
> > >0.2.x - explorer and a few wine dlls
> > >0.3.x - OpenGL games, Firefox, Mirc, OpenOffice, third party drivers,
> > >  
> > >  
> > start of PnP, USB, Xbox
> >
> >
> > >support, Initial DirectX Support, etc
> > >
> > >For the record we really did not plan on all of this other stuff for 0.3
> > >  
> > >  
> > and a year ago most of us
> >
> >
> > >would have been happy with just Firefox and Mirc working under VMware 
>  and
> > >  
> > >  
> > Qemu. In fact we were
> >
> >
> > >planning on that work for the 0.3 line to be included in 0.4 release.
> > >  
> > >  
> > Which is great! I am happy
> >
> >
> > >to see that we have gone much further beyond our once limited goals.
> > >
> > >What I propose now is that everyone that has a open project try to 
>  either
> > >  
> > >  
> > get it to a Alpha state
> >
> >
> > >by Jan 1st or admit that it just wont be ready for 0.3 and accept that.
> > >
> > >Current major works in progress:
> > >
> > >DirectX - GreatLord
> > >USB - Fireball
> > >PnP - hpoussin
> > >Ws2 - Ionescu
> > >msvcDDK - sedwards
> > >
> > >Can we get all of these in for 0.3? Ws2 is a showstopper for 0.3, USB at
> > >  
> > >  
> > least for the Xbox in my
> >
> >
> > >mind is a showstopper as well. PnP would be really, really nice to have
> > >  
> > >  
> > but if its not ready I
> >
> >
> > >think we should ship anyway and plan on doing a short run to 0.4 before 
>  we
> > >  
> > >  
> > fully support PnP.
> >
> >
> > >DirectX I have no idea how close it is to working and my current pet
> > >  
> > >  
> > project for MSVC/DDK and
> >
> >
> > >rbuild is not a feature. I would like to be able to build ReactOS with 
>  our
> > >  
> > >  
> > DDK under msvc in the
> >
> >
> > >hopes of getting more developers to join the project and improve the
> > >  
> > >  
> > quality of our code but I am
> >
> >
> > >happy to admit this is not a priority.
> > >
> > >So what does everyone think? Can we shot for a feeze for Jan 1st? How 
>  does
> > >  
> > >  
> > Feb 1st sound for a
> >
> >
> > >release?
> > >
> > >Thanks
> > >Steven
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >  
> > >
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