Server 2.0-rc2 released/ advisory for rc1 and rc2

[valentin_nils at be-known-online.com]

Hi Bernhard,

Thanks for the thorough explanation. That makes perfectly sense to me.
Again,I didnt mean to be intriguing with the question.

I was just interested to understand the background a bit more.

Best regards

Nils Valentin
Tokyo /Japan
http://www.be-known-online.com


> Hi Nils,
>
> On Wednesday 01 June 2005 02:27, valentin_nils at be-known-online.com wrote:
>> just a quick question (NOT MEANT to be INTRIGUING in anyway)
>>
>> Wasnt 2.0 originally planned  to be released in October 2004 in the
>> schedules  or did I mistake that ?
>
> the schedule for the Proko2 contract was end of 2004 and we kept it.
> Kolab is running fine for our Proko2 customer(s). We have of course
> fixed a couple of bugs and added some features for them since that.
>
> The Proko2 contract was the main driving force behind Kolab2, but
> Kolab is a community project where the companies of Proko2 are a
> participating
> among others. The rules to release software are different,
> because the product shall appeal to a wider public
> and thus according to good Free Software practice:
> It will be ready when it is ready.
> Kolab runs stable and for production in quite a few places now,
> but there are setups, where it leaves some things to be desired.
> This is mainly what we try to address with the
> last server release candidates.
>
> The speed on the project depends on how much people from the community
> are contributing.  This is healthy for a Free Software project.
>
> Bernhard
>
>