OK, so what *is* the testing procedure for a release?
How 'bout we declare an RC every fortnight and if, after two weeks no one
complains, we switch it to release?
Amir Kolsky
XP& Software
>-----Original Message-----
>From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org] On Behalf Of Simon Large
>Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 1:44 PM
>To: dev@tortoisesvn.tigris.org
>Subject: [TSVN] Re: Releasing
>
>Amir Kolsky wrote:
>> Well... There are always new tweaks added to the nightly builds so
>> theoretically one could reinstall TSVN every day. However, there's
>> some comfort in using a 'release' version. Definitely this
>means that
>> more people will be using the more advanced versions, with the
>> possibility of finding new bugs or insights.
>>
>> What's I'd recommend is a bi-monthly release schedule. Every
>two weeks
>> take the nightly build, give it a very low version number
>> (1.1.1.x) and call it the official tortoise release... This will also
>
>But that will not be any more stable than the nightly build.
>It's a 2-weekly snapshot rather than a nightly snapshot, but
>it does not imply any more testing. All you are doing is
>changing the name to 'official release' to make it _sound_ safer.
>
>My inclination would be to provide a bit more information on
>the download page about the stability of the nightly build. At
>the moment I think you make it sound more risky than it really
>is. Provided that we continue to use only stable subversion
>releases in the nightly, it is not really much more risky than
>the 'official' releases.
>
>BTW, the link points to tsvn-snapshots, but the readme and the
>build itself is in tsvn-snapshots/latest.
>
>Simon
>
>
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