I also believe that Struts can release more often that every 18 months, but I don't know if a new release every few weeks will help. In some cases, I think it might hurt Struts, because it can make things pretty confusing for users. I can see it now on the user list: User A: "I need help trying to make feature X work". User B: "What version are you using?" User A: "1.2.y" User B: "For 1.2.x, this is what you do." User C: "For 1.2.z, this is what you do." User A: "None of those work for me. Anybody else?" ~ silence ~
I know I don't contribute code (or at least the ones I do often don't get accepted), but I try to at least help out on the user list whenever I can, and it's easier when you only have three versions to deal with: the current release (1.2.4), the previous release (1.1), and the nightly build. (Hmm... when did I start thinking like the guy on the other end of a tech support line?) I think if there are compelling new features, then a release is merited. Perhaps there aren't a lot because the committers don't have a lot of itches to scratch, or patches they like to commit or work on. Some of the users/lurkers might have, and if the committers have enhancements they'd like to see patches for, maybe being more vocal about them would up the contrib rate. For instance, Craig has mentioned config inheritance, so it's more than likely now that someone could start on that, knowing that that patch would have a bigger chance of acceptance than some random enhancement request in bugzilla. It could increase participation, and in turn new features, and in turn the reasons for rolling another release. On the other hand, if an every-few-weeks release cycle becomes the norm, I suggest we keep track of which version has which on the Wiki, just to make it easier on the users. :) Hubert On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 09:37:39 -0400, James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to roll a release after you are finished with that. I really, > REALLY want to keep these rolling (about 1 every few weeks) which has the > added benefit of (hopefully) breaking this bad habit we seem to be in (~18 > month GA release cycle). > > -- > James Mitchell > Software Engineer / Open Source Evangelist > EdgeTech, Inc. > 678.910.8017 > AIM: jmitchtx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
