re: release management (was "WeakMessageSends/Events for 3.4")
Daniel Vainsencher <[email protected]>
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Yes, we're missing this information from the Swiki. I added this and more in http://swiki.squeakfoundation.org/squeakfoundation/89, linked off of 79 (release plan). Feel free to add, correct, delete out right... ;-) Daniel Craig Latta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Rob-- > > > So when is 3.4 final scheduled for release? How about today? > > Just do it and if there are bugs, then patch it in the update stream. > > You are right that we can always play in 3.5. > > I recommend against that approach. Remember that "final" releases are, > currently, what newcomers are most likely to use first. I think each > final release should be at least as stable as the previous one. We > should come as close as is practical to "all scheduled features > implemented, with no known bugs". > > In the beta stage ("all scheduled features implemented, but there are > bugs"), we should only consider bugfixes. Given that we have a strong > interest in getting to a final release quickly, we should only consider > fixes to *critical* bugs (e.g., those which make the system unusable for > a newcomer). We shouldn't rely on patching the final release, because, > among other things, it annoys newcomers. It dilutes the meaning of > "final" and is bad PR. :) I think patching a final release should be > extremely rare, done only to fix the most egregious problems (e.g., the > system won't start), and done completely seamlessly. Hopefully, the > gamma stage ("this will be the final release if no bugs are reported by > a deadline") catches anything that severe. > > > -C > > p.s. I am, of course, rehashing > http://netjam.org/smalltalk/versions.html. :) > > -- > Craig Latta > improvisational musical informaticist > [email protected] > www.netjam.org/resume > Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)] > _______________________________________________ > Squeakfoundation mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/listinfo/squeakfoundation