Hi, > Maruan Sahyoun <[email protected]> hat am 11. August 2014 um 19:18 > geschrieben: > > > > Am 11.08.2014 um 18:59 schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler <[email protected]>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Am 11.08.2014 18:35, schrieb John Hewson: > >> Andreas, > >> > >> What I had been thinking was that now that 2.0 is getting closer that me > >> wight want to do less with 1.8, but I agree with you that we don’t need any > >> fixed rules, staying flexible is better. It sounds like we might want to > >> think about some guidelines for 1.8 after 2.0 is released to avoid a > >> “Windows XP” situation, but we’re not at that point yet. > > Yes, good point. Hopefully 1.8.7 will be the last 1.8 release before 2.0 :-) > > > > As 2.0 breaks the current API (which is intended) I suspect that there will be > bugfixes for 1.8 needed for some time. Of course, but we shouldn't make it to easy for users to stay with the 1.8 version once 2.0 is out. We should limit that support to bugfixes for bigger issues and shouldn't include any new features. I guess that's what John has in his mind saying that we should avoid a "Windows XP" situation.
BR Andreas Lehmkühler > > >> Cheers > >> > >> -- John > > > > BR > > Andreas Lehmkühler > > > >> > >> On 11 Aug 2014, at 03:57, Andreas Lehmkühler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>>> John Hewson <[email protected]> hat am 7. August 2014 um 18:48 > >>>> geschrieben: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Perhaps we should stop adding new features to 1.8, and only fix the most > >>>> problematic bugs? > >>> We never were that strict about the contents of a bugfix release in the > >>> past. > >>> We always added some improvements or new features. Most of them were small > >>> and/or hadn't a huge impact on the code/functionality. Some were added > >>> because people were eagerly waiting for them. There aren't any rules what > >>> to add or not and IMHO we don't need any. > >>> > >>> > >>> BR > >>> Andreas Lehmkühler > >>> > >>>> > >>>> -- John > >>>> > >>>>> On 7 Aug 2014, at 09:11, Tilman Hausherr <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> +1 > >>>>> > >>>>> but after I've ported the GSoC2014-improved shading package to 1.8 > >>>>> > >>>>> Tilman > >>>>> > >>>>> Am 07.08.2014 12:35, schrieb Andreas Lehmkühler: > >>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> there is already a number of solved issues and I guess it's > >>>>>> time for a new bugfix release. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm working on PDFBOX-2250 and I'd like to finish that > >>>>>> first but how about a new release in 2 or 3 weeks from now? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> WDYT? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> BR > >>>>>> Andreas Lehmkühler > >>>>> > >> > >> > > >
