String Freeze

[Richard A. Johnson]

On Thursday 26 March 2009 04:09:09 Matthew East wrote:
[...]
> I don't agree. I think this is an appropriate time for string freeze
> and I wouldn't want to curtail document writing by pushing our
> documentation freeze back at all (your proposal involves pushing it
> back at least a week). I think where it is now allows for enough time
> for both writing and translating.

My proposal is pushing it back a day or two before beta freeze, not a week. 
The reason for this is to make sure people can have their documentation 
complete and able to be uploaded so it is released with the beta release. As 
it stands, none of us will have a current package in the beta release today. 
Today is the release that more people will check out, and guess what, they 
don't even have the updated documentation. Today would be a great day to put 
in the release notes "HEY! Don't forget to check out the documentation, give 
it a read, let us know if you find a major problem." 

> There is no real problem with uploading. The beta will be released
> today and uploads can then be processed normally. There is no need for
> an exception after the beta is released [1].

This is true, but it really sucks that we can't have a package released for 
beta that is post string freeze.

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