From: Date: May 1 2007 12:31am Subject: Re: Updated MySQL Workbench Schedule List-Archive: http://lists.mysql.com/gui-tools/1992 Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 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 > -- > Michael Zinner, GUI Developer > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com > Office: +43 676 593 08 23 > > Are you MySQL certified? www.mysql.com/certification > > -- > MySQL GUI Tools Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/gui-tools > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/gui-tools?unsub=John.Yodsnukis@stripped > >