Karl Fogel wrote:
> "David Glasser" <glasser_at_davidglasser.net> writes:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis
>> <arfrever.fta_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like very much that 1.6 have these features:
>>> * `svn diff --svnpatch` / `svn patch`
>>> * ctypes Python bindings
>>> * File externals
>>> * Improved handling of tree conflicts
>>>
>>> I think that we should finish implementing these features before
>>> creating the 1.6.x branch.
>>>
>> This sort of approach to release management was what caused the 1.5 disaster.
>>
Hm, this statement is a bit to general a response to Arfrever's email.
Yes defining a number of 'should have' features for the next release is a risk, certainly so in an open source environment. OTOH, I think we should all list the features we like to see implemented, at least,
those where we are personally planning to work on.
We can prioritize such a list based on importance of the feature, where
importance is the number of devs willing to spend time on them. We
really need a way to gather all devs around a set of key features.
Release disasters happen when 20 new features are started at the sam
time, and in the end not a single one is finished.
> Agreed. We should release 1.6 about six months after 1.5 -- whatever is
> ready is ready :-).
>
Agreed on the six months.
Lieven
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Received on 2008-08-07 21:34:59 CEST