Am 18.12.2011 12:33, schrieb James Turner: > I think the answer is 'it depends', but given that you have been > working on the code in a branch (when equivalent hacking could easily > have taken place in next/ ), and are at the point of 'it's basically > done, needs testing',*and* it makes a major difference for at least > some people, I'd be inclined to cherry-pick it in early next week. > > (We can always roll it back, and it doesn't impact aircraft > compatibility either way)
Since it's been available for testing since yesterday, and a number of people have already tried it, I'd also agree to merge - if we can do so very soon (preferably today/tomorrow). However, I'd prefer if this was the last exception for 2.6.0. Though strict freeze rules seem like spoiling fun, I think they are still a good idea. Even patches looking 100% safe can have surprising effects (no need to cite Murphy's Law, yesterday's "broken font" was the best example for a seemingly impossible side-effect...). And, unlike yesterday's Murphy effect, many issues are not immediately noticed. Also, I remember from the last release cycle, that the 4 weeks before branching off the release were the most productive for testing and bug reporting. We'll hopefully see lots of new and experimental features pouring in once "next" reopens, and git users will be busy playing with the new toys ;-). At least seemed to me like very few git users actually switch their builds/fgdata to the separate release branch - so we should try to make the most out of the next 4 weeks. And while we're at it: we still need more help with fixing bugs for the 2.6.0 release. It's always more fun to work on new things, but we currently still have 84 open bug reports: http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/list?q=-Type%3DFeatureRequest+-status%3ATesting affecting almost every area of FG. It'd be great if more people tried to help with fixing, or at least with narrowing down issues. cheers, Thorsten ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Windows Azure Live! Tuesday, Dec 13, 2011 Microsoft is holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers. It will provide a great way to learn Windows Azure and what it provides. You can attend the event by watching it streamed LIVE online. Learn more at http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-windowsazure _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
