On 2009-11-26, at 11:04 AM, Ralph Goers wrote:
On Nov 26, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Todd Thiessen wrote:
I can only speak from experience with what we have done here
internally but I can also attest that releasing too often is a real
pain. You end up having a bunch of releases publicized that no one
cares about. It only serves to clutter a repository and makes it
confusing to consumers wrt which one to use.
Users just use the latest one you give them.
That's not been the case with the 3.x alphas. We have lots of people
picking them up especially the alpha-5.
Most users will avoid a release named project-n.n-alpha-n because
they don't want to screw around with stuff that is unstable.
However, there will be a tiny set of users for which the particular
fixes in the alpha is important.
I love the agile model of development but I don't think this
equates to "releasing something immediately if there are fixes
available" as Jason put it. The release needs to be weighed against
the value it provides and the extra time and effort the community
needs to soak and test that release. Agile states that your
software should be releasable at anytime, but it does not state
that it should be continually released.
Releases named "alpha or beta" are for testing new functionality.
They should not be considered release candidates and they certainly
should not be used for production purposes. I would be much more
concerned if these were non-alpha or beta type releases.
Yes, I have found it difficult to keep up with the pace and have so
far been only able to test one alpha. Since 3 votes are required to
approve a release I would assume that various PMC members are
confirming different releases. However, if it gets to the point
where releases are being approved only by members with the same
affiliation then I would be concerned.
Ralph
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Thanks,
Jason
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