johnf wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 14:50, Paul McNett wrote: >> I'll say it again: regular users using the trunk is too close to the >> bleeding edge. They *should* be using the most recent stable version. >> >> The problem is what you elucidated before: our releases and backports >> are spotty, and what I observed: we talk about the trunk branch to the >> users before they have the opportunity to play with the new features. >> >> In summary, I like the idea of easy update, but I fear my idea for it >> will blow away your intention for it (limit it to updating just the >> released point versions). > > I'd say for the last year we have had users of dabo discovering major issues > in "stable" releases of Dabo. And what is it we tell them - use the trunk - > it fixes this or that issue. So getting code into the "stable" releases that > fixes stuff is important. I am surprised that you are not more in support of > updates.
Wait a 'sec. I'm in support of backporting bugfixes to the current stable branch, and I believe I made that pretty clear. I also know we've mostly failed at following through with that. Help with backporting bugfixes would be hugely appreciated. -- pkm ~ http://paulmcnett.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/dabo-dev/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
