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Another option might be release 1.0 with current feature set, but
create a branch for 1.5 and do the development in parellel, just like
what Firefox has done in the past. Then both the stable branch and the
development 1.5 branch can have releases. So users who requires new
features can ship the 1.5.x version. Maybe this is a better idea, and
this can be documented in the release note of 1.0.

On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Zsolt Peter Basak
<shiki.biomernok@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello
>
> In my opinion you should release a stable one with the version of 1.0.
> If you always want to make a perfect software (in every aspect), the
> usual thing can happen when the software won't ever be done since you
> always want to change something, the users always want something. The
> current state is okay I guess, distros could already ship it. The
> change what you talk about is important, but not crucial. In my
> opinion it's all ok for a 1.1 version , but this is only my personal
> opinion. (Only some distro ships with rc version. Some still ships
> with the 0.5 .. oh my. Some only includes it if it gets a stable/final
> 'mark'. *I* say, the old 1.0 goals are totally ok.)
>
> ps.: Now... where should I send this message ? Sorry if reply to all
> list is not the correct way.
> Peter
>
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 6:45 AM, PCMan <pcman.tw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi list,
>> After observing the reaction of users to the new pcmanfm and gathering
>> some feedback, I'm now thinking about the necessity to change goals
>> for 1.0 release.
>> The major problems encountered by most users seem to be:
>> 1. They don't want gvfs, or if they use it outside gnome, it can be
>> problematic sometimes.
>> 2. Volume management doesn't work sometimes due to some unknown issue of gvfs.
>> 3. Tree view in the side pane is not available.
>> 4. File searching utility is gone.
>>
>> So, I'm considering if a revise for 1.0 plan is needed. It's stable in
>> current status, but it's functionality doesn't match the older series.
>> This make many people reluctant to upgrade.
>> The proposed changes to 1.0 are:
>> 1. To implement volume mounting wth udisks and don't completely rely
>> on gvfs for this.
>> This won't be too difficult and only requires some coding. This can
>> make pcmanfm work well without gvfs, which solves #2 and partially
>> solves #1.
>> 2. Try to add support for tree view to side pane again. I already came
>> up with a better way to implement it last week. So I'm confident that
>> this can be done.
>> 3. Leave search utility since it's a Google SoC project now and as the
>> old one doesn't work correctly, leaving this won't affect much.
>> 4. A developer from the community is trying to work on template
>> support, so you can create new files based on some template files in
>> the popup menu. It's still a work in progress, but since it's simple,
>> can we include this in 1.0?
>>
>> I want to make an exception for the feature-freeze and add the missing
>> features udisks and dir tree prior to 1.0. Then it's possible to
>> totally replace the old pcmanfm with it.
>> Of course we can do them in branch and leave 1.0 as it is now, but
>> this may cause problems in promotion and since some old features are
>> missing, replacing the old series can be more difficult. Missing
>> features can give the new pcmanfm a bad name sometimes even its
>> internal structure is much better than the old one.
>>
>> Any comments?
>>
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