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Re: release policy
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Gary V. Vaughan |
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Re: release policy |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:31:28 +0100 |
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Hi Peter,
Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> |>>We can always choose to stick with a troublesome stable branch for
> |>>longer if it turns out to need more work to iron out any bugs and
> |>>regressions rather than ploughing on with another head release...
> |>>thoughts?
> |>
> |>
> |>Yes, just one: this is INSANE.
>
> I like the idea (stolen from gcc) of deciding at the start what features
> need to go into the next feature release, and not allowing others to be
> added until after release. Features can, of course, be removed.
>
> By limiting the number/scope of features in each release a more frequent
> release schedule is possible.
>
> Does this sound reasonable?
Yes, certainly. And it is not incompatible with a time based release
system -- in fact, gnome and gentoo work this way, and make regular
timely releases as a result.
How often do you think we should be aiming to make a release? Is my
idea of one alpha, one feature, one stable and one maintenance release,
per branch, per year truly barking mad?
Cheers,
Gary.
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- Re: more bugs in branch-2-0/HEAD, (continued)
- Re: more bugs in branch-2-0/HEAD, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy [was more bugs in branch-2-0/HEAD], Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Peter O'Gorman, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy,
Gary V. Vaughan <=
- Re: release policy, Peter O'Gorman, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Gary V. Vaughan, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Bob Friesenhahn, 2005/09/18
- Re: release policy, Ralf Wildenhues, 2005/09/26