RELEASE on March, 1st !!!

[Konstantin Popov]

> > 0. IS ANYBODY OUT THERE??
> >    That is, SERIOUSLY, I'd like to know who cares at all, and whom we
> >    (Kevin+myself) can count on. I learned, for instance, that some
> >    people recently changed their employer.
> 
> What do you expect people to do during the long months that
> the release coordinator hibernates up north?  Sit and wait? :-)
I'm afraid that does not answer my question.

As it was pointed out to me, the question unfortunately was not
formulated particularly friendly, but my intention is to figure out
who is motivated to contribute and participate in decision making.

Also, I would highly appreciate to see only relevant information in
this thread: it is not about making sure that everybody hears that
someone knows something because "I did it long time ago", or implicit
questions "why do you hibernate up north?". Please try different
communication channels.

> 
> > 3. packaging
> >    Probably the bulkiest chunk of work. I'm afraid we might miss
> >    information about Windows (apparently, the Windows packaging
> >    business is going to change hands now).
> 
> I know about your intrinsic fear of Windows.  Note though that
> if you looked around a bit, you will find that I wrote and checked
> in extensive documentation on this issue.  And by the way, this
I heard about it. But: (a) I don't have the general knowledge nor
infrastructure (nor desire, as you pointed out) to do that, and (b)
computer systems tend to break even if they are not touched, this time
we have new gcc (to the best of my knowledge, that was Kevin who
studied the issue), (c) the packages were made using "install shield
PRO" which is expensive and nobody seems to have (again,
Kevin contributed here). Hopefully nothing else.

> task has already changed hands - I delegated this quite some
> time ago to Thorsten.
oh, that's good to know - thanks for the info!

Now, Thorsten - can you hear me??
How do you perceive your new responsibility?
In particular, would you do the packaging?

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Cheers,

 --- Kostja.