On 9/27/07, Stepan Mishura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/27/07, Tim Ellison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rana Dasgupta wrote: > > > If we were to add > > > x86-64 to M3, it would be under disclaimer only( it's a late decision, > > > and it looks relatively good ), we can't claim that that it has the > > > stability of the 32 bit distributions. > > > > Yes, the results looks good but I feel that x86-64 platform is far > from being stable. For example, from my experience the most unstable > platform is Linux 64bits. I very often have to restart CC or even > reboot a host to make CC alive. > > We may use M3 testing status for x86-64 as baseline for measuring its > progress and including it to the next release. > Thanks, > Stepan.
We should define some stability criteria for the release, so that we know whether a revision meets or not. So far I don't know what are "blocking issues" for a stable build. Thanks, xiaofeng > > > Our milestones are taken to be stable builds of our current > > functionality; if the stability has not yet been achieved then I think > > it is fine to keep publishing x86-64 as "snapshot" builds. Making that > > platform a 'milestone build with disclaimers' just makes the meaning of > > milestones confusing IMHO. > > > > If we are close to achieving x86-64 stability then having a short cycle > > to include it in an M4 might make sense. > > > > Regards, > > Tim > -- http://xiao-feng.blogspot.com
