[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [Marketing] Sugar 0.100 or 1.0

[Alan Kay]

"Better" and "Perfect" are the enemies of "What Is Needed"



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> From: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
>To: Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>; Sean DALY <sdaly.be at gmail.com> 
>Cc: Sugar Labs Marketing <marketing at lists.sugarlabs.org>; "sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org" <sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>; iaep <iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org> 
>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 6:21 AM
>Subject: Re: [IAEP] [Marketing] Sugar 0.100 or 1.0
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>Perfection is the enemy of the good.
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>On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> we need to decide if we want the next release to be 1.0 or 0.100.
>>
>> Here is the features we are planning for it.
>>
>> * Develop an HTML5 based toolkit for activities
>>
>> * Multiple selection in the Journal
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Multi_selection
>>
>> * Enhanced support for 3G modems
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/3G_Support/Database_Support
>>
>> * Background customization
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Background_image_on_home_view
>>
>> * Multiple home views
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Multiple_home_views
>>
>> * Integration with web services
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Web_services
>>
>> * Journal comments box
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Comment_box_in_journal_detail_view
>>
>> * Icon customization
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Icon_Change
>>
>>
>> It's a bit of weird situation because code wise we are not really 1.0 ready.
>> We are developing a new toolkit and the old one could use an API cleanup. On
>> the other hand we are deployed to millions of users.
>>
>> Personally I don't really have a strong feeling. If the marketing team sees
>> an opportunity in a 1.0 in October with the above feature list I'd say to go
>> ahead with it even if from a developer point of view we are not ready.
>> Otherwise we could delay it at least another cycle.
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>I think the marketing team had already reached consensus about 1.0.
>But maybe Sean can chime in.
>
>
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>> --
>> Daniel Narvaez
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>Plus, I think .100 is confusing.
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>-walter
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