That could be a potentially massive undertaking but I agree it's worth pursuing. The existing Its and infrastructure seems to be pretty stable now so it's at least manageable.
-----Original Message----- From: Brett Porter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 1:13 PM To: Maven Developers List Subject: Re: Planning for 2.0.10 Sounds good. I think we should consider MNG-3160 - to get all the integration tests that have been disabled for one reason or another working again. - Brett On 10/04/2008, at 2:51 AM, Brian E. Fox wrote: > Now that 2.0.9 is essentially behind us, I think the focus for the > next > release needs to continue on preventing new regressions and stomping > out > the old ones. This should take precedence over new features and other > "nice to haves" as we still have a significant user base stuck on > various releases due to changes and regressions we introduced in the > past. There are 27 issues scheduled for .10 currently [1], most of > these > issues are things that represent regressions introduced in earlier > releases and issues with the highest number of votes (usually they are > the same). While not set in concrete, we should try to maintain this > list and resist the urge to pile in tons of cruft. Only really > important > issues or regressions should be brought forward to .10 > > > > I'd like to aim for starting the release process in 4-6 weeks. We > should > be cognizant of the no regression plan when fixing any issues so we > don't have to chase them down at the end. This means good unit tests > and > core Its should be introduced for all changes. This is important to > build upon to help identify future regressions and more importantly > gives us a concrete set of tests to judge 2.1's compatibility. I've > found that in many cases the unit tests alone simply aren't good > enough > to detect issues as we go forward...I think in most cases they just > aren't exhaustive enough, but also they don't cover all the > interactions > and classpath weirdness. > > > > As we discussed before, the doxia beta should be introduced to .10 > asap > so we have time to work out any issues. > > > > Thanks, > > Brian > -- Brett Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blogs.exist.com/bporter/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
