On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Matthieu Riou <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 2:08 PM, Assaf Arkin <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> In my scenario there's an RC, a separate entity from the final release.
>> And it may have passed through the release process and voted on. Or not. I
>> didn't specify because it doesn't seem to matter.
>>
>> So "not kosher" seems to me like inventing one very specific process and
>> using it as strawman to argue that RC is problematic by nature.
>>
>
> Of course, I'm not disputing that. The problem is with a very specific way
> to handle RCs (vote on it and then just release from the same tag/branch
> without re-voting) not with RCs in general.
>

So I don't understand what you mean when you say "RCs aren't fully kosher".
If there's nothing inherently non-kosher about RCs, and we're not
specifically discussing a particular non-kosher process, why not consider
doing RCs?

Assaf


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> Matthieu
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>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Release_candidate>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Release_candidate
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>>>> The former involves further delays, a heavier process, ...
>>>>
>>>> Matthieu
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>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks,
>>>> > Milinda
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:31 PM, Ciaran < <[email protected]>
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 4:54 PM, Assaf Arkin < <[email protected]>
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Alex Boisvert 
>>>> > > > <<[email protected]>
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> > > > wrote:
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > > The confusion comes from the fact that we pseudo-released 1.3.
>>>>  It
>>>> > > should
>>>> > > > > have been a RC1.
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > I don't think it's a good idea to use version number without
>>>> > qualifiers
>>>> > > > if
>>>> > > > > they are not real releases.  Now version 1.3 has been "released"
>>>> but
>>>> > > > > there's
>>>> > > > > no mention of it on the web site, there was no vote, etc.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > The question is: does anyone have a copy they're using, thinking
>>>> it's
>>>> > the
>>>> > > > official 1.3 release?
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > The first question many people will have when they download
>>>> 1.3.1 is
>>>> > > > "What
>>>> > > > > happened to 1.3?"
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > 1.3.1
>>>> > > > * Fixed issue with packaging, new version no. to remove confusing
>>>> with
>>>> > > > pulled-back release 1.3.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > 1.3
>>>> > > > * Pulled back due to issue with packaging.
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > Assaf
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > alex
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Matthieu Riou <
>>>> > > <[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>> > > > > >wrote:
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > > > > On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Alex Boisvert <
>>>> > <[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>> > > > > >wrote:
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > >> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Matthieu Riou <
>>>> > > > <[email protected]>[email protected]
>>>> > > > > >wrote:
>>>> > > > > >>
>>>> > > > > >>> PS:  Did you mean "Cut a new 1.3 release" ?
>>>> > > > > >>>>
>>>> > > > > >>>
>>>> > > > > >>> Mmh no, I've already cut 1.3 and if we re-release it's going
>>>> to
>>>> > be
>>>> > > a
>>>> > > > > new
>>>> > > > > >>> version number, otherwise we'll end up with some confusion.
>>>> Hence
>>>> > > > > 1.3.1.
>>>> > > > > >>>
>>>> > > > > >>
>>>> > > > > >> I guess I'm already confused... :-|   1.3 was not officially
>>>> > > released
>>>> > > > so
>>>> > > > > >> where's the harm?
>>>> > > > > >>
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > > A few people already downloaded it and tried it. That's a
>>>> first
>>>> > > chance
>>>> > > > of
>>>> > > > > > confusion. And later when we'll ask "which version are you
>>>> > running?"
>>>> > > > and
>>>> > > > > the
>>>> > > > > > answer is 1.3, which 1.3 does that mean? Version numbers are
>>>> cheap.
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > > I remember we had a similar discussion some time ago on this
>>>> ML
>>>> > about
>>>> > > > 1.2
>>>> > > > > > or 1.1, we re-released the same version but the consensus back
>>>> then
>>>> > > was
>>>> > > > > that
>>>> > > > > > it was "wrong" :)
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > > Matthieu
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > >>
>>>> > > > > >> alex
>>>> > > > > >>
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > > >
>>>> > > > >
>>>> > > >
>>>> > > I don't mind as long as *something* is released <g>... although
>>>> today our
>>>> > > testing has flagged up some issues around XSL in BPEL that used to
>>>> work,
>>>> > > still trying to diagnose :(
>>>> > > - Cj.
>>>> > >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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