Alex Karasulu wrote:
Emmanuel,
You made some very good points in your email to Simon.
On Jan 9, 2008 10:22 AM, Emmanuel Lecharny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
At some point in the future, we will try to avoid such situations, and
to release intermediate versions (like 1.5.2, etc) to include some bug
fixes. This is what we did with 1.5.1, a bug-fix release.
I know you meant we fixed a lot of bugs in 1.5.1 in addition to other
things but I just want to be very clear to users that, 1.5.1 may have
fixed bugs but it was an experimental release which also introduced
potentially destabilizing new features. I just want to make sure the
words we use don't confuse our users into thinking 1.5.1 was a bug-fix
on a GA release. I don't want to aggravate users when they switch and
see a bunch of API's have changed.
My primary concern here is in protecting our promise to users. 1.0.1,
1.0.2 ... 1.0.x are stablizing and (should) only be bug fix releases
with no API changes. 1.5.1, 1.5.2 ... 1.5.X are potentially
destabilizing and may break with the API and formats for storage etc.
Our promise to users is simple. You should be guaranteed to be safe
upgrading from 1.0.1 to 1.0.2 for example. But don't expect this on
experimental branches which are in the trunk.
Alex, you just summarized the situation better than I did. Thanks !
Alex
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cordialement, regards,
Emmanuel Lécharny
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