On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 01:07:42PM -0400, Gianni Johansson wrote:
> Ian: 
> This  kind of problem points out why it is nescessary to do a forced upgrade 
> to the release candidate node and then, test for a prolonged period (like a 
> week).
> If you test on a network with mixed versions you don't really know if the 
> release candidate code is working.

That might help testing, but forced upgrades also cause serious problems 
for our users.

The reality is that there will be bugs in any code we put out - some of 
them we will know about, some of them we won't.  That is why 0.5.0 won't 
be our last ever release.

Doing a point release is necessarily about compromize, and taking a
chance. Doing a point release for which we would like some publicity
raises the stakes of taking that chance - but this is unavoidable.

Ian.

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Ian Clarke                ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com]
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