Re: run a beta for 1.7?

On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> We haven't run any alphas or betas since 1.0. However, I'm thinking it
> may be prudent to pull out the "beta" label for the 1.7 release. I
> think it may be a good idea to get some broad usage (on the client)
> from a larger userbase for a little while before we ship out the 1.7
> release.
>
> We're probably a couple months before even *talking* about a release,
> so we have time to discuss this option. But I just wanted to throw
> this little hand-grenade out earlier, rather than later.
>
I think beta makes sense to learn about problems that
developers/testers cannot catch. Beta will be more useful if it
contain less known problems since you attract more testers.

Currently we've known problems with WC-NG performance. Stefan Kueng
reported them severals times:
http://groups.google.com/group/subversion-development/browse_thread/thread/fe02902f594973f8
http://groups.google.com/group/subversion-development/browse_thread/thread/dbfafb82cbd8166e

So I'll be happy to see 1.7 beta, but only when WC-NG performance will
be similar or better than 1.6.

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Ivan Zhakov
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