Re: Updated MySQL Workbench Schedule

[John Yodsnukis]

Dear Mike,

Now that the 2007 Conference is over, will the new roadmap be
pubished?  I am anxious to continue contributing bug reports and
patches, but it may not be useful at this time.  I've noticed there
isn't a MySQL Workbench category for bug reporting at bugs.mysql.com.

Thanks,
John

On 3/2/07, Michael G. Zinner <mzinner@stripped> wrote:
> Dear MySQL Users,
>
> There have been many questions around the development and future of the
> MySQL Workbench project since there has not been any progress in quite
> some time.
>
> This was mainly caused by the GUI Team's efforts around the other tools,
> MySQL Administrator, MySQL Query Browser and MySQL Migration Toolkit.
> Thanks to your [the community's] dedication and help these tools are now
> in a really good shape and the time we will have to spend on maintaining
> them is manageable. This frees our resources to focus on a new project,
> and this project will be MySQL Workbench.
>
>
> Flagship product
> ----------------
> I am glad to announce that MySQL Workbench is going to become the MySQL
> GUI Team's flagship product in 2007.
>
> To make this happen and ensure that the project offers a solid
> foundation for a multi-year roadmap we decided to take the following steps.
>
> * Cleanup the existing code
> * Update the canvas to be Cairo based
> * Restructure SVN repositories
>
> These steps are major changes and therefore we have decided to remove
> the Workbench from the MySQL GUI Bundle for 5.0. We will offer separate
> Workbench packages once we have completed the major changes. Once the
> Workbench is available in release candidate quality we will add it to
> the MySQL GUI Bundle again.
>
>
> The schedule
> ------------
> We plan for new alpha releases mid Q2, followed by Beta releases mid Q3.
> The first release candidate is planned to be available end of Q3 and the
> general availability release is scheduled for Q4 2007.
>
> This will sound like a long time span for the people in need for a good
> open source modeling tool. But at the same time it helps us to put our
> main focus on quality and deliver a rock solid tool.
>
>
> The Roadmap
> -----------
> Details about the Workbench roadmap will be released at the MySQL Users
> Conference.
>
>
> Resources
> ---------
> The GUI Team has been granted two new hirings. Therefore we are looking
> for mid- to senior C++ developers who are interested in Open Source
> development. More details will follow next week.
>
>
> It is exciting for the team to work on the MySQL Workbench project again
> and we are absolutely sure that your long wait for this product finally
> will pay off.
>
> Mike
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