[Gpg4win-devel] Towards the public 1.9.0 BETA release

[Jan-Oliver Wagner]

On Mittwoch, 16. April 2008, Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> IMHO it is now time to get the comprehensive progress that
> happened in the past 10 months to the public in form of
> a 1.9.0 BETA release.
> 
> I identified the following TODOs for this release. Please add more
> in case I forgot some.
> 
>  * Cleanup README-BETA-de.txt
>     (http://wald.intevation.org/plugins/scmsvn/viewcvs.php/trunk/doc/README-BETA-de.txt?root=gpg4win&view=markup)
>     [ I can take care of this ]

I've done that now (click link above). Please, german speaking people, check it.
I am a bit worried about the item on GpgOL and unencrypted
emails on server. Could that be descibed more precise(narrow) ?
 
>  * Translate README-BETA-de.txt into english (-> README-BETA-en.txt)
>     [ I can take care of this ]

Will do this as soon as german text has settled.
 
>  * Add a BETA Download section on http://www.gpg4win.de/download-de.html
>    and http://www.gpg4win.de/download.html.
>    [ I have a draft here, not checked in yet ]

If anyone wants to get the draft, let me know.
 
> * Prepare a announcement E-Mail for gpg4win-announce, english and german.
>    [ I can create a draft, partly derived from the README-BETA ]

Will work on this next.

> * Decide the name of the release: I propose to have "1.9.0" and then continue
>    with "1.9.1" etc. rather then apply the currently used scheme "1.9.0-svnNNN".
>    [ opinions appreciated ]

All agreed with "1.9.0" ? :-)

> * What about Checksums and OpenPGP signatures for the BETA versions?
>    Should we offer them?
>    If yes, directly below the download button on the download page or
>    on this page: http://www.gpg4win.de/package-integrity.html ?
>    The latter would lead to the fact that information about the BETA is manage
>    in more than one place.
>    [ opinions appreciated ]

I tend to keep all on one place (the download page), but am open for any
alternative.

> * Timeline: I'd like to get the BETA out in April, preferably next week.

I am pushing ;-)
 
> * Further updates of modules before BETA?
>    * A new GpgOL is scheduled already with various cleanups. I guess
>       it is available very soon. Werner?

Meanwhile it landed :-)

>    * A new Kleopatra seems to make sense as well. Currently it is being
>      worked on continously and any week adds more functionality or other
>      improvements.

Will land today.
 
> * What about the future of these releases (they are quite big because
>    of the debug code) and of the corresponding source tar-balls?
>    Should we keep them available forever or should 1.9.0 be deleted
>    once 1.9.1 is available?

Werner, since you are hosting the respective ftp server, your opinion
on this is important.
 
> * [ what else to consider ? ]

So far, only Sylpheed works were wished. I regard this important but
not a blocker for 1.9.0.

Best

	Jan

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