Re: [ros-dev] New Release - how're you feeling?

[Freeworld]

Hi!

I'm just waiting for the new design (mf?) to start changing the
homepage. Nothing else is holding us back. I've also quite a lot of
time, so I could start working on it.

Greetings
Michael
(Website Coordinator)

TwoTailedFox wrote:

>  I've got a few small suggestions on how to get
> Users interested in ReactOS.
>
> You don't need a new release to do that. In fact, as Alex as pointed
> out, too many releases can be pointless if the user can see no
> difference in their OS Usage over the previous version.
>
> If you really want to make a new release, follow the Firefox Example,
> and release it as "ReactOS 0.2.7 (Or even 0.2.6.5 if the 0.2.7 leap is
> too large to warrent that) Developer Update". That way, the Users on
> the outside will say, "Hmm, this is for developers only, I'm not one
> of them, so I'll stick with 0.2.6". That's the Theory, anyway.
>
> And I agree about the website. It's bland, outdated, and frankly,
> ugly. The ReactOS phpBB forum was a good start at adding a more
> user-friendly discussion  environment (Instead of that old comment
> system... Ugh..), but the website frontpage needs a serious overhaul.
>
> Another idea is a more user-orientated set of Blogs. Right now, I've
> only come across Blogs from the developers that don't get updated
> often, and most users tend to equate 'No Blog Updates = No Real
> Progress'. If you can get users to post about what's going on in
> ReactOS (So the developers can concentrate 100% on writing code), that
> could be quite benificial.
>
> About the Nightly Builds... Why not use Sourceforge to maintain a list
> of Nighty Builds (Up to a month's worth), and have that linked to on
> the ReactOS Site?
>
> Just a few suggestions for ReactOS
>
> -TTF
>
> On 6/22/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu(a)videotron.ca> wrote:
>   
>
> >  Robert k. wrote:
> >
> >     
> >
> > >  Hi,
> > > let's put it this way: I have no problem in doing an intermediate release.
> > > NEither idealistic nor by work. For my unterstanding, releases are time
> > > driven, not feature driven.
> > > So you're currently not feeling good for having a release build?
> > > I asked for a release one month ago, but I have to admit, not inbetween,
> > > anymore.
> > > So if not more people are worrying, I think we should have a try ???
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > >  
> > I still have a problem with a 0.2.7 release, especially as Filip and I
> > are in the middle of changing the whole header system, which probably
> > will add a couple of regressions, and still needs to be tested. I also
> > have a problem because nothing has changed on the networking stage
> > yet...I was hoping to have time to merge in my new Winsock DLLs... the
> > reason I haven't yet is because Filip started working on the headers,
> > and I couldn't be left out in the dust, and he needed my help with the
> > NDK. Additionally, we still don't have anything new for the user. People
> > are getting TIRED and they YAWN when they see another ReactOS release.
> > Our changelogs are usually nothing more then "fixed bug X in function X,
> > made function Y faster"... real users don't see any benefits. Look at
> > 0.2.6, they only thing they noticed is that it sucked more then 0.2.5,
> > because we didn't test it adequately. Users know how to wait for
> > something; right now we've made them wait a long time for this new
> > ReactOS released and promised them amazing things.. and what are we
> > going to deliver? Some bugfixes they won't understand? This will just
> > dilute the ReactOS releases and make them seem as meaningful as the
> > Colored Terrorist Alert in the USA.
> >
> > I think instead, what should be done is to finally get around to
> > CHANGING OUR HOMEPAGE which is OUTDATED and confuses users with
> > INCORRECT DATA. I'm sorry to rant about this again, but what is taking
> > so long? I also logged in to our SF homepage and it's in a dire state. I
> > don't think there is even any link to our main homepage. And more
> > importantly, we really need to add a link to Nighlty Builds, so people
> > that really want the latest can try it out. Do you see Firefox releasing
> > every 3 months? Linux? No, they release when there is something to show
> > (or a critical security issue).
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Alex Ionescu
> >
> >
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