5 Dec
2011
5 Dec
'11
8:25 p.m.
On Monday 05 December 2011 18:49:48 Timothy Pearson wrote:
Doing a release properly requires a little over a month dedicated to
release tasks such as beta testing, compiling packages on all
distributions, compiling release notes, etc. Also, building binary
packages is not cheap, in terms of both time (of our distribution
maintainers) and money (to feed everyone's build computers with
electricity).
Releasing after the move to GIT would not cure a lot of the more stubborn
bugs. Additionally, due to the renaming of *KDE* strings, the
distribution maintainers have some work to do in order to update their
packaging files. I don't want to place that kind of demand on our
volunteer staff during the Christmas season, and then turn right around
and demand the same thing a couple months later.
Thoughts?
My heart sank when I saw the suggestion! And why necessarily 6 monthly? It
makes sense for the Ubuntu build, but that is faster than Debian's own
release cycle. I personally would rather that Trinity 3.x.x were released
when it is ready, rather than on time, but buggy.
And surely people can wait a bit? The more of us users you lot have, the more
of a demanding nuisance we shall become. We do not forward the project at
all. I think all of us should shut up or put up. (Doesn't quite fit my pleas
over the web-site, but you have no idea what a rare luxury your website is.)
When a job applicant once told me that, if I didn't give him the job I was
advertising, he would emigrate, I had to exert considerable self control to
stop myself briefly replying: "Bon voyage!"
If someone says "Do this or I'll go", my response is "goodbye!"
(And that is
if I'm feeling polite!)
Carry on as you wish to. I shall continue to sit in my little corner crossing
my fingers for the things that are dear to my heart.
And if we have a little something that is annoying us, or that we feel we
cannot live with, we can always try asking David Hare. He is a genius at
workarounds.
Lisi
Why not make a release, 3.5.14, in early January,
after the move to
Git and the rename thing is completed??
Even if it cures only a small bunch of bugs, it will be good, in many
respects.
+1
I like this idea