[ros-dev] New Release - how're you feeling?

[Freeworld]

Hi!

I'm just waiting for the new design (mf?) to start changing the
homepage. Nothing else is holding us back. I've also quite a lot of
time, so I could start working on it.

Greetings
Michael
(Website Coordinator)

TwoTailedFox wrote:

>I've got a few small suggestions on how to get Users interested in ReactOS.
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>You don't need a new release to do that. In fact, as Alex as pointed
>out, too many releases can be pointless if the user can see no
>difference in their OS Usage over the previous version.
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>If you really want to make a new release, follow the Firefox Example,
>and release it as "ReactOS 0.2.7 (Or even 0.2.6.5 if the 0.2.7 leap is
>too large to warrent that) Developer Update". That way, the Users on
>the outside will say, "Hmm, this is for developers only, I'm not one
>of them, so I'll stick with 0.2.6". That's the Theory, anyway.
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>And I agree about the website. It's bland, outdated, and frankly,
>ugly. The ReactOS phpBB forum was a good start at adding a more
>user-friendly discussion  environment (Instead of that old comment
>system... Ugh..), but the website frontpage needs a serious overhaul.
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>Another idea is a more user-orientated set of Blogs. Right now, I've
>only come across Blogs from the developers that don't get updated
>often, and most users tend to equate 'No Blog Updates = No Real
>Progress'. If you can get users to post about what's going on in
>ReactOS (So the developers can concentrate 100% on writing code), that
>could be quite benificial.
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>About the Nightly Builds... Why not use Sourceforge to maintain a list
>of Nighty Builds (Up to a month's worth), and have that linked to on
>the ReactOS Site?
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>Just a few suggestions for ReactOS
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>-TTF
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>On 6/22/05, Alex Ionescu <ionucu at videotron.ca> wrote:
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>>Robert k. wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>let's put it this way: I have no problem in doing an intermediate release.
>>>NEither idealistic nor by work. For my unterstanding, releases are time
>>>driven, not feature driven.
>>>So you're currently not feeling good for having a release build?
>>>I asked for a release one month ago, but I have to admit, not inbetween,
>>>anymore.
>>>So if not more people are worrying, I think we should have a try ???
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>>I still have a problem with a 0.2.7 release, especially as Filip and I
>>are in the middle of changing the whole header system, which probably
>>will add a couple of regressions, and still needs to be tested. I also
>>have a problem because nothing has changed on the networking stage
>>yet...I was hoping to have time to merge in my new Winsock DLLs... the
>>reason I haven't yet is because Filip started working on the headers,
>>and I couldn't be left out in the dust, and he needed my help with the
>>NDK. Additionally, we still don't have anything new for the user. People
>>are getting TIRED and they YAWN when they see another ReactOS release.
>>Our changelogs are usually nothing more then "fixed bug X in function X,
>>made function Y faster"... real users don't see any benefits. Look at
>>0.2.6, they only thing they noticed is that it sucked more then 0.2.5,
>>because we didn't test it adequately. Users know how to wait for
>>something; right now we've made them wait a long time for this new
>>ReactOS released and promised them amazing things.. and what are we
>>going to deliver? Some bugfixes they won't understand? This will just
>>dilute the ReactOS releases and make them seem as meaningful as the
>>Colored Terrorist Alert in the USA.
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>>I think instead, what should be done is to finally get around to
>>CHANGING OUR HOMEPAGE which is OUTDATED and confuses users with
>>INCORRECT DATA. I'm sorry to rant about this again, but what is taking
>>so long? I also logged in to our SF homepage and it's in a dire state. I
>>don't think there is even any link to our main homepage. And more
>>importantly, we really need to add a link to Nighlty Builds, so people
>>that really want the latest can try it out. Do you see Firefox releasing
>>every 3 months? Linux? No, they release when there is something to show
>>(or a critical security issue).
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>>Best regards,
>>Alex Ionescu
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