On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:47:39 +0200, Nicolas Grekas wrote: >> the project admin mailing list to talk about doing another release > > cool :) > ;)
>>> It is really bad that distribution packages are so outdated >>> It is also really bad that on sf.net, last version is 3.9.1 "RC1"! > > About these two points : that's what the outside non-developer world > is > given to see : a project that seems stagnant. > On the surface the project seems stagnant. But anyone taking 30 seconds more time to look if the project is alive will realize that there are commits in our repository and that the mailing list is active too. > I also know that git is the place to go to see that it's not true nor > fair ! > But "git clone + make + make install" is really not "releasing" I > think. > That's not how I'm used to work with other packages. Do you see my > point ? > Yes. I see your point. I was not searching for excuses regarding the frequency of releases. Off course checking out our repository and building is not a proper release management for any project. >> Nothing is perfect. Ever! But since I got your attention: What do >> you >> consider as 'not being perfect' regarding the current code? > > Personally: nothing ! I just saw last time we (not me, but anyway) > exchanged about a release, > some people argued that some bugs where to be fixed before any > release > where possible. > Aha. If you go by that then we could never release. Never because whatever we try to reach 100% catch rate will not succeed because every user has another viewpoint what spam and what ham is and time is constantly changing the whole game and on top of that the other side (the spammers) change too. >> 'lets fix them'? Does that mean you would help the DSPAM community >> with >> coding? That would be terrific! > > Hum... Not really... I'm not affected by those bugs... > I contributed the updated SQL purge script last time, > but I don't speak C enough to contribute efficiently to other parts > for > now :( > C is not the only way for contributing. But I don't need to tell you that. > I don't want my message to be taken for criticism of you developers. > Hey. We are not some divas that can not handle criticism. Criticism is welcome. Bring more. Don't by shy. Good or bad. Anything you bring is an opportunity to get closer to perfection. > Rather, I'm sad your work is not enough packaged for the rest of the > world, > although it deserves it :( > Thanks for showing your interest. We will release soon. > Nicolas > -- Kind Regards from Switzerland, Stevan Bajić ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Dspam-devel mailing list Dspam-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspam-devel
