On Sunday, September 19, 2004, at 04:23 PM, goran.krampe at bluefish.se 
wrote:

> Hi people!
>
> Marcus Denker <denker at iam.unibe.ch> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> We discussed some time ago the schedule for 3.8.
>>
>> Back then it was said that some parts of the community need a stable
>> release
>> with m17n soon, so one idea was to have a 3.8 with just m17n and
>> bugfixes.
>>
>> Question: Are those in need of that stable release willing to invest
>> some time (or the
>> substitute) into making this a reality?
>
> I sure hope so.
>
>> For me I can only say that I am not that thrilled to have a boring
>> beta/alpha/gamma/full image
>> phase again just now, so I am relecutant to coordinate it. (I don't
>> need it, and it's not fun).
>
> You are excused Marcus - you have done so much anyway! :)
>
>> So if there is a group who really needs that stable release, I think
>> those should organize to
>> coordinate it. With someone taking the lead, we could have a 3.8 in 
>> 3-4
>> weeks and start
>> to have fun in 3.9 soon.
>>
>> What do people think?
>>
>>                Marcus
>
> Since I am currently "on the bench" not really participating much I
> don't really "have a saying" in this but what Marcus says seems sound -
> those who wanted the short release should stand up and grab the rudder
> for it.

This sounds like a fair plan to me.  One or more persons interested in 
getting a short m17n-only 3.8 release out could join in pretty quickly, 
since we're starting to open the update stream now to more direct 
contributors.

If no one steps up to coordinate the short 3.8 release, Stephane was 
talking about a medium-length release for 3.8, beta in November and 
final in December, which would give some time for more additions, but 
still would not be as long a release as 3.7.

- Doug