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Based on what I've seen from the Haiku OS website and mailing lists, I believe the first beta of Haiku R1 is due to be released relatively soon (in the next 6 m
by ZenoArrow 9y ago
Based on what I've seen from the Haiku OS website and mailing lists, I believe the first beta of Haiku R1 is due to be released relatively soon (in the next 6 months, at the latest). Seems a shame this article had to be written before then, but I suppose at least a few more people might be made aware of its existence.
The main thing that was holding back the next release was the infrastructure around the package manager, but most of the development hurdles with this seem to be sorted. There's some ongoing work to build packages before the beta release, but I can't see that taking the rest of the year.
- eschaton 9y agoHonestly, not having a steady semiannual or annual release cadence—even if each release is a small increment over the last—has probably held Haiku back more than anything else. Many people don't want to even try nightly builds, so they try the last many-yeas-old release, see issues many of which are already fixed, and write it off. Were I them, I'd only block a new release on the ability to do manual and automatic updates from the UI. From there everything else is gravy.
- ZenoArrow 9y agoReleases are a double edged sword though. Regular releases can drive more interest, but that also means more time spent answering queries and a faster accumulation of technical debt. By iterating on ideas away from user demands, you can more quickly make progress with less concern about breaking changes. However, this period is only really useful whilst the fundamental parts of the software are getting implemented. Some would argue that package management is a fundamental part of an OS, others would not. In other words, I'd expect that you'll see more regular releases after the first beta is out.