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Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 08:26:50 -0700
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Subject: Re: How about targetting a "release"?
From: David Pollak <feeder.of.the.bears@gmail.com>
To: esme-dev@incubator.apache.org
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Dan,

I think this is a great idea.

Sorry for going dark this week.  We've been having a less than optimal
release with one of the projects I'm working on.  I'll re-engage next week.

Thank you very much for adding value and thinking about how to help ESME
succeed.

David

On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 1:23 PM, Daniel Kulp <dkulp@apache.org> wrote:

>
> One of the main things I've seen work successfully in many project to get
> the
> community moving as well as attract new developers/users is to get an
> actual
> release out.    There are a lot of people that won't go through the effort
> of
> checking out from svn, building, etc....  They want to see an actual
> release
> to play with.
>
> Thus, my suggestion, would be to set a date for a release (even a
> "milestone"
> release, like a "0.1" version) and see what can be done before then.   For
> example, maybe target June 30th, see what can be put in before then, and
> kind
> of run with it.  Even if it ends up being "not much different" than what is
> in
> SVN right now, it's at least a step forward.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Are there other ideas that folks have to help get things moving again?
>
> --
> Daniel Kulp
> dkulp@apache.org
> http://www.dankulp.com/blog
>


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