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> On 14 Jul 2018, at 10:25, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 10:00:41 +0300 Jonathan Aquilina <[email protected]>
> said:
> 
>> Hi Raster with what you said below and other threads I’ve seen with people
>> complaining about lack of unit tests etc wouldn’t it be better to get nightly
>> builds to those that like to be on bleeding edge and help us test and report
>> bugs. Not to mention I think nightly builds are possible as I see a lot of
>> things that get committed to the repos on a daily basis at times.
> 
> we already have that - jenkins and now travis builds every commit. there is no
> point building daily if you are building every commit already.
> 
> the issue isn't the builds, it's the tests themselves. having them cover
> everything in an efficient and sensible way. in fact lowering the barrier of
> entry to making a test... that's the work needed. :)
> 
>> My take like this is engaging the community and user base more.
>> 
>> Let me ask you this and it’s more to ponder on. How much of the current user
>> base is on the latest and greatest?
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 14 Jul 2018, at 08:57, Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman)
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:51:30 +0300 Jonathan Aquilina
>>> <[email protected]> said:
>>> 
>>>> I think it was me not being clear I think what I’m thinking is nightly tar
>>>> balls and if need be I’m willing to work on pre packaged binaries for
>>>> nightly builds
>>> 
>>> TBH fixes don't move into a stable branch fast enough to justify nightlies.
>>> they go in over time maybe every few days or weeks then every now and again
>>> a point release goes out with them after a "does it compile and pass tests"
>>> check. these releases are incredibly easy and simple and can be automated,
>>> but no point having them nightly - just a "we have enough fixes now - push
>>> one out" time point.
>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>>> On 13 Jul 2018, at 18:46, Stefan Schmidt <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello.
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 13.07.2018 11:27, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>>>>>> I was even thinking weekly point releases to get any new code or bug
>>>>>> fixes out for early testing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hmm, not sure I get you here. What I talk about are stable updates which
>>>>> would only contain fixes. No new code and definitely not used for
>>>>> testing at the users systems. These should only ship with verified fixes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> regards
>>>>> Stefan Schmidt
>>>>> 
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