Joern Nettingsmeier schrieb: > Andreas Hartmann wrote: >> Andreas Hartmann schrieb: >>> Jörn Nettingsmeier schrieb: >>>> Andreas Hartmann wrote: >>>>> Andreas Hartmann schrieb: >>>>>> Hi Lenya devs, >>>>>> >>>>>> the freeze for 1.4 RC1 is now in effect. >>>>> Since we found some blocker issues, I'd suggest that we cancel >>>>> the freeze, apply the pending patches and attempt another RC1. >>>> let's not cancel the freeze. instead, why not roll an RC2 early next >>>> week which includes the latest bugfix patches in trunk? >>> Hmm, we didn't release an RC1 yet ... > > ok, seems i got the procedure wrong... > i thought the tag was already considered a "released" RC1. > > imo, with a complex beast like lenya it's no easier to install a binary > package than it is to build it yourself. hence, shouldn't we just ask > users to pull from svn by default and only offer source tarballs as an > extra courtesy? this might help to lower our users' entrance barrier > towards development code, normal users could more easily create svn > diffs, and we would save work. plus the user experience would improve, > since svn builds get daily testing by all developers, whereas packages > tend to be build and forgotten...
IMO we shouldn't change our release procedure. For many users, downloading is much easier than checking out from SVN. We shouldn't underestimate the clear signal of a downloadable tarball: "Here's something we tested, not some random development version". I can imagine that many people won't give Lenya a try unless this statement is made. -- Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
