>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.
I understand that the new Installer 3.0 could benefit from the momentum of SDK 4.12 release. I just wouldn't want that the opposite happens: - delaying too much the release of SDK 4.12 until Installer 3.0 is ready - or worse: releasing too early, and having people failing to install the new SDK because of unexpected issues in the new installer. Maurice -----Message d'origine----- De : omup...@gmail.com [mailto:omup...@gmail.com] De la part de OmPrakash Muppirala Envoyé : samedi 8 mars 2014 22:13 À : dev@flex.apache.org Objet : Re: Should we release 4.12? 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 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Ix Multimedia Software > > > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > > 3521 VB Utrecht > > > > T. 06-51952295 > > I. www.ixsoftware.nl >
