On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Maurice Amsellem <
maurice.amsel...@systar.com> wrote:

> >Why the stealth release now?  What do we gain from that?  Someone will
> inevitably blog/tweet about it and we will be in a position to explain
> what's happening.
> >I don't see any harm in waiting for a few days to release the sdk and the
> Installer together.
>
> - I agree there is no point for a stealth release
> - I would agree to wait a few days for the installer to be ready  (give a
> chance to RC6)
>
> BUT, for the reasons stated before ( Installer not linked to Flex SDK), I
> think that
> -  if the installer still has issues in a few days then
>   -   then we should proceed with announcement of SDK 4.12.
>   - and postpone release of Installer to the next milestone of FlexJS (I
> am sure they will be many opportunities to do so).
>
> Sounds like a reasonable proposition.
>
>
It does sound reasonable, but the only problem is that we will miss out on
the massive influx of visitors to the site that a Flex SDK release brings.
 Take a look at the first chart here [1]  All the peaks correspond to SDK
releases.

If Installer 3.0 piggybacks with SDK 4.12, we will have a lot of folks with
an Installer that is capable of installing FlexJS.  Then once we actually
release FlexJS 1.0, it is just a matter of updating the config file.
 People can then readily download and install FlexJS without having to
upgrade the Installer.

Since FlexJS is new, we cannot be sure that a lot of folks will jump at a
new release and try it out.  It might well turn out to be more popular than
I expect, but lets give a better chance off the bat.

Thanks,
Om

[1] seethestats.com/site/flex.apache.org



> WDYT ?
>
> Maurice
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash
> Muppirala
> Envoyé : samedi 8 mars 2014 18:09
> À : dev@flex.apache.org
> Objet : Re: Should we release 4.12?
>
> On Mar 8, 2014 8:57 AM, "Erik de Bruin" <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote:
> >
> > Nick, I think you hit the sweet spot.
> >
> > +1 on the stealth release now and a noisy announcement when the new
> > Installer is available.
> >
> > EdB
> >
>
> Why the stealth release now?  What do we gain from that?  Someone will
> inevitably blog/tweet about it and we will be in a position to explain
> what's happening.
>
> I don't see any harm in waiting for a few days to release the sdk and the
> Installer together.
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Nicholas Kwiatkowski
> ><nicho...@spoon.as
> >wrote:
> >
> > > I say we "release" it but not make the announcements.  By release, I
> mean
> > > update the website, and update the installer config.  When we pass
> > > the installer vote, we can then do the blog post, and the official
> > > apache announcement.
> > >
> > > That way, we can get the new one out there, but only make the noise
> once.
> > >
> > > -Nick
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Justin Mclean
> > > <jus...@classsoftware.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > > I think both are different things, so I'll make a release of SDK
> 4.12
> > > and
> > > > > then after RC6 conclude a few days later will announce Installer.
> > > >
> > > > So I think you mean to informally vote +1 to release both at
> > > > different times rather than -1 there?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Justin
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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