[Gambas-user] gambas 3 release or otherwise as binary package

[Benoît Minisini]

> Benoit,
> 
> do you have a plan on when gambas 3 will be formally released?
> IMHO it is quite stable now.
> 
> The reason I ask is Richard and I are within sight of releasing a
> stable version of our software, and we would like to submit it to
> debian/ubuntu/fedora etc for inclusion, but it would depend on the
> gambas3 runtime.
> 
> If you don't plan to release in the next 6 months or so, would you
> have any objection to a me developing .deb's for the gambas3 runtime
> which would be relased at regular intervals, tracking the latest stable SVN
> version?
> 
> Ian
> 

I want to make at least a first release candidate before the end of the year.

I'm currently only fixing bug. I know that Fabien must make a usable gb.report 
component and Laurent has just added a few things in gb.sdl recently.

Before doing the RC (2.99.1), I have to think a bit to see what must be 
changed in the language syntax to be sure that Gambas 3 will be stable until 
the next version.

I have to check all components:
- A component that is not maintained anymore should be removed. 
- A component, like gb.firebird, that do not have actually a GPL-compatible 
license should be removed as well.
- The state of component must be up to date too (stable, not finished, beta).

Just after the RC, there are a lot of things to do, besides bug fixing:

- I want to have a bug tracker. I have setup the Google one, but it is not 
activated yet.

- Everybody should try to ensure that his distribution will have correct 
packages of Gambas.

- I'd like to have another look for the web site.

- I'd like people who converted their Gambas 2 project to Gambas 3 by hand to 
write about their experience on a wiki page, so that I will be able to make a 
converter helper tool in the IDE.

- I must then write better internal documentation to try to attract 
developers.

So is the plan!

-- 
Benoît Minisini