At least for me, 1.0 means that the core components like gnome-libs have reached their prime time. They have a stable and clean API that won't change very much in near future.
This is an important issue for application programmers, 1.0 signals them that they can write applications that use that API without worrying that their Apps may get broken due to API changes,...
Another issue is that people will prefer writing documentation about code that does not change every few weeks.
Releasing Gnome as 1.0 means that people can actually start using it and develop any cool applications they like with it.
Of cause it has bugs - every new software product has them, but you can start writing any cool applications you want right now...
So since it's already late at night, I'd say happy Gnomeing, Martin
Don't blame us - we were really working very hard during the last months and weeks to make you that release the best it could ever be - and most of us spent a large amount of their spare time into that release.
Just keep in mind that Free Software lives from volunteers!
We've done our best - and we're very excited about it.
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Maybe it was a bit premature, maybe ..
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At least for me, 1.0 means that the core components like gnome-libs have reached their
prime time. They have a stable and clean API
that won't change very much in near future.
This is an important issue for application programmers, 1.0 signals them that they can
write applications that use that API without
worrying that their Apps may get broken due to
API changes,
Another issue is that people will prefer writing
documentation about code that does not change
every few weeks.
Releasing Gnome as 1.0 means that people can actually start using it and develop any cool
applications they like with it.
Of cause it has bugs - every new software product has them, but you can start writing any cool
applications you want right now
So since it's already late at night, I'd say
happy Gnomeing,
Martin
It has. A lot of work has been done since 0.99.3, ...
bugs were fixed, new documentation was added,
Of cause, it's not yet perfect - but now that
we're having a stabilazed API we can concentrate
on the help system and on writing documentation.
Yes, it's true guys - 1.0 is finally released!
Don't blame us - we were really working very hard during the last months and weeks to make you that release the best it could ever be - and most of us spent a large amount of their spare time into that release.
Just keep in mind that Free Software lives from volunteers!
We've done our best - and we're very excited about it.
For now, it's party time.
Happy Gnomeing,
Martin