Oops... a little - minor? - 'major/minor' error there ;-) EdB
On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Erik de Bruin <e...@ixsoftware.nl> wrote: >>>>> Can you give me a (realistic) worst case scenario if we were to >>>>> release without making any changes? >>>> >>>> IMO Worse case we can't make a release until this is resolved. >>> >>>No, I meant what would happen if we went ahead a binary release >>>without fixing this... Tempting, because we did that nearly a dozen >>>times without the world coming to an end. >> >> That was my point. Unless we find out that Saxon has some unfriendly >> dependencies, the question of whether a binary dependency in the package >> was compiled from sources or not or whether the Installer should ask about >> MPL and MIT dependencies probably doesn't put the foundation at risk, so >> the worst case is you hit send on the announcement and we hear back at >> that moment that there is a rule like that and we have start in on fixing >> that, but I would be surprised if we have to pull it back. > > OK, thanks. I'll proceed under the assumption that this will be > resolved before we release, but that if it isn't, we don't treat this > as a blocking issue. > > I plan to start a 14.4.1 branch right after we release 14.4.0, just in > case we need it to fix e.g. this issue or some TLF related emergency. > That should bring down the lead time when an issue arises > considerably. > > EdB > > > > -- > Ix Multimedia Software > > Jan Luykenstraat 27 > 3521 VB Utrecht > > T. 06-51952295 > I. www.ixsoftware.nl -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
