[crossfire] Reminder: Release 1.11 forthcoming (On GTK V2 Client )

[Kevin R. Bulgrien]

>   Right now I'm leaning to just releasing stable version of all the
> components now, and maybe do a snapshot release of the trunk client in a
> week or two when everything on it gets sorted out (packaging, etc) - there
> isn't any real reason that has to coincide with the stable release - and in
> fact, it may make more sense to do future snapshots if there are changes
> out there we want tested.
>
>   That also gives us feedback on any issues before really committing the
> trunk client to be the stable client - it would be bad to make that
> commitment now, only to find out that there are some issues which really
> doesn't make it suitable for that right now.

As the recent spate of commits illustrates, I think it ironic that the
branch is being touted as stable.  The volume of bug fixes on trunk that
were not applied to branch was quite high.  At some point it may be helpful
to realize that the branch is freezing in a broken state.

That was a lot of work when merging down trunk would have fixed it and would
have brought in the new client.  I did the work because I think a release
means that due diligence was done to fix known issues.  As it was, it wasn't,
so to speak.  I'd rather be doing something more productive to advance the
project instead of prolong the life of a dead branch, but, I sort of did it
in the interest of trying to go along with the above.  I know I'm not the
only one holding that view.

Kevin