On 25 Oct 2002 10:05:31 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:32:30AM +0000, Mikhael Goikhman wrote: > > On 24 Oct 2002 02:51:13 +0200, Dominik Vogt wrote: > > > > > > Why such an effort for a release marked as "experimental > > > unstable"? Things will stabilize much faster with an early > > > release. > > > > If someone wants an experimental unstable, he already may use daily > > snapshots or cvs. I would like to have 2.5.4 to be a hihger quolity than > > daily snapshots. Another reason is that I want to base an experimental > > fvwm-themes-0.7.0 on fvwm-2.5.4 later. > > In my eyes, releases during the development phase are solely a > matter of convenience for the users and developers. More people > download, install and test a tarball than a snapshot or cvs.
I wrote an answer, but I removed it, because I just discovered stack bugs that should be fixed before 2.5.4 (or at least you decide whether they should be fixed). > During the 2.4 development phase, I tried to make a release once a > month, just to have a fairly recent release. THe only reason was > to not get bug reports for a release that is already 3 months old. I have no problems if you release 2.5.x every month. I just need some good release from time to time to base on it, so I may sometimes ask to slow down for some days. > > If there will be no potentially problematic changes in a day or two, > > 2.5.4 will be released on the weekend. I would say, after the recent stack fixes are fixed. And after someone adds a --retain option to fvwm-root. Cameron, Olivier or maybe me (I have no idea yet, but I can try cvs diff). Regards, Mikhael. -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
