Re: new release soon?

On 27 August 2012 20:21, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As you may have noticed, there are quite a few problems in the 1.7.8
> release that cause other apps to crash:
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3000129
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=757&dsMessageId=3000133
> http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4061&dsMessageId=3001142
>
> and then there's this one here:
> http://code.google.com/p/tortoisesvn/issues/detail?id=394
> which already has 4920(!!) crash dumps sent.
>
> So should I create another release this weekend or wait for the next svn
> release - which could be a few months away?
>
> The downside of a new release is that people get annoyed by the frequent
> updates.

I would say new release. Annoyance at crashes outweighs annoyance at
another release, and we very rarely have to make an interim release.
IIRC our release numbers lag behind Subversion because they had to do
2 quick releases to fix bugs in a hurry. No shame in that.

Simon

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