2009/5/1 Scott Merrill <[email protected]>: > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Michael Harris wrote: >> The stable releases are for people who want things stable. Upgrading >> is a pain. We have an extra responsibility with minor point releases >> to try our hardest not to introduce new bugs. That means we should >> keep what's included in a minor point release to an absolute minimum. >> I know it's nice to get fixes for things out to the community, but >> imho that's not enough to warrant inclusion in a point release. > > I think there's a slippery slope here. Some things merit inclusion in > a point release because they demonstrably improve the overall quality > of the product. Things like spelling corrections, removal of cruft > (unused images, etc). > > Other minor or trivial bug fixes are worth considering because they > improve the user experience without jeopardizing a functioning > installation. I don't think such minor bugfixes should trigger a minor > point release; but to not fix little things along the way seems a > disservice to our users.
I think the slippery slope is in the other direction. If we have three concrete criteria each fix included in a minor point release can easily be tested against them. The trivial bug fix criteria is much more blurry, and I think we'll either end up arguing about whether things really are trivial or committing things that aren't. 2009/4/30 Chris Meller <[email protected]>: > Release early, release often. I wholeheartedly agree - except for minor point releases. Since these are security or data loss releases, these are the things we want people to go "OMG, there's a minor point release, I really need to upgrade to that!" The last thing we need is for people to get jaded and not upgrade them, potentially leaving Habari installations with known security holes. But, no-one has leapt to agree with me, so it seems I'm in the minority in seeing minor point releases that way. Sobeit. -- Michael C. Harris, School of CS&IT, RMIT University http://twofishcreative.com/michael/blog IRC: michaeltwofish #habari --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
