On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 21:25, Jakarta General Newsgroup wrote: > Subject: Re: Now what? (was: Jakarta Overview) > From: Jon Carnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > === > Andrew C. Oliver wrote: > > > > >> > > 'News' as a measure of activity on a project is effectively useless. > >> > > Commits/month would be a lot better. > > True. > > > > </snip> > > > >> I agree, but you need a purpose for a release. Releasing just so it > >> happens often is pointless. There should be a consistent amount of > >> change/bug fixing/docs etc for a release to be made. > >> > > > > Agreed. But thats not a release. Thats called lying to yourself/others > > that you have a release when you really just have a build. > > > > -Andy > > I believe that you have to have a release periodically (even if the changes > are not dramatic). These things are cyclical. If you want to keep the > focus of your community, you have to generate releases. Agreed that they > should not be pointless, but I can't imagine a truely pointless release. > We always have *some* progress. >
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