On 28/10/2010, at 9:00 PM, Russel Winder wrote: > On Thu, 2010-10-28 at 11:22 +1100, Adam Murdoch wrote: > > >> Gradle 0.9-rc-2 is now available. This release contains fixes for >> quite a few issues. > > Sorry but I must say that there is something wrong with this rc-1 -> > rc-2 sequence. The whole point of an RC is that, barring blocking bugs, > it can become the final release simply by relabelling. Given that rc-2 > and rc-1 have very significant differences other than fixes to blocking > bugs to allow a release, these are really beta releases and not RCs at > all.
Right. We were a bit optimistic calling it rc-1. At the time we didn't intend to do anything other than fix bugs, but a few changes did sneak in. > > Is the intention that rc-2 will become the 0.9 release within a fixed > time frame unless someone find a blocking bug, or will we see an rc-3 > with more changes? Both :) The intention is that rc-2 will become the 0.9 release after an (as yet unspecified) time period. And the reality is that we'll probably do an rc-3. Let's see what bugs we end up finding and fixing. After this, I think we should switch to a more disciplined, time-boxed release schedule. Maybe something like every 4 weeks. -- Adam Murdoch Gradle Developer http://www.gradle.org CTO, Gradle Inc. - Gradle Training, Support, Consulting http://www.gradle.biz
