SteveKing wrote:
> Molle Bestefich wrote:
> > A RC would be a big improvement.
> > You should take on a different look at the RC concept, I think.
> >
> > The RC is like saying that you think that this particular nightly is a
> > very good nightly.
> > If enough people agree (well, rather, if the amount of people that
> > disagree are small enough), that *exact* binary is released as the
> > final version.
>
> Well, as I already mentioned: the docs and the translations of the docs
> aren't finished yet. So I *can't* make such an RC release.
In that case, I think you're pushing the release over the counter far too fast.
> > It is a message to people that they should test it better than they do
> > a nightly, and it is a very, very good thing to do before releasing...
>
> If we do an 'official' RC, that means updating the website, writing
> announcements, ... - a lot of work for us (me).
Ah, no, do what the Subversion devs do, just up it to a ftp and post
an announcement on the mailing list.
Are you worried that people are going to download Subversion 1.2.0 and
then wonder where the corresponding TSVN is? How about a notice on
the web site saying that there is release candidates in the nightly
directory (or add a directory for RC's), and that it will be released
as soon as it's deemed good enough (or so)?
> Also, people who don't
> use the nightly builds usually also don't report bugs that fast as it
> would be required for the RC (after all, we want release the final
> version on june 1st).
June 1st seems way too close for comfort, if you ask me.
Subversion has a four week soak period where no new features are
allowed, how about following that lead? Or just 2 weeks?
I still think a RC should be announced, to tell people that they have
a chance to test the binary that will become the final.
> > How does the cache work nowadays?
>
> Pretty good.
>
> > Have you dropped the timeout entirely yet?
>
> Yes, for over a week now.
Cool! I'm off to download another nightly then..
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Received on Mon May 23 18:35:28 2005