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Re: Proposal: feature freeze (Beta) while stabilizing 1.0.

From: Daniel L. Rall <dlr_at_finemaltcoding.com>
Date: 2003-10-04 00:14:24 CEST

kfogel@collab.net wrote:
> David Waite <mass@akuma.org> writes:
>
>>There might be a misunderstanding here - but it sounds like what
>>subversion refers to as a 'beta', most other projects refer to as a
>>'release candidate'. Are there release candidate(s) planned in
>>addition to beta(s)?
>
>
> Yes, I think there's a terminology mismatch. I'm using "Beta" and
> "release candidate" synonymously.
>
>
>>If we get fifty bugs filed on the first release candidate, I can see
>>the point of focusing all the development community on fixing them. I
>>also would be worried about major flaws in the 1.0 release. If we get
>>five, there is no reason to hold up post 1.0 development - the people
>>who are focused on 1.0 are more than capable of reacting to these bugs
>>as they come in. It is also possible that even this subset of people
>>would be idle while waiting for bugs to come in, and could focus on
>>post-1.0 features.
>>
>>My question is - how unstable do you think subversion is? Do you think
>>a 1.0 release is going to be limited by the speed bugs can be closed,
>>or by the amount of time it takes for the testers attracted by the
>>beta and release candidates to fully test the product?
>
>
> Tell you what: let's see how it goes. We'll start by just putting
> trunk into slush mode. If it turns out that there are a lot of bugs,
> we can reconsider and move the release work to a branch.

+1

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