Lol :) Miguel Ángel Ajo
On Tuesday, 24 de February de 2015 at 17:28, Wayne Stambaugh wrote: > Damn! Too late for 4.0.0. Better one up Linus by using 5.0.0. :) > > On 2/24/2015 11:30 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > Hi Wayne, > > > > Any chance you can make a call on 3.0.0 vs 4.0.0? > > > > (Torvalds just took Linux to 4.0 this week :)) > > > > Adam Wolf > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Here is the stable release policy: > > > > http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/kicad-doxygen/ws/Documentation/doxygen/html/md_Documentation_development_stable-release-policy.html > > > > I still need to add the numbering system to this. > > > > On 2/24/2015 11:00 AM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > I have started and deleted this email multiple times. I really don't > > > enjoy discussions like this, but sometimes they're necessary. > > > > > > I have ran into quite a few misconceptions recently from non-devs about > > > what the upcoming release is going to be. The issues I am seeing seem > > > to hinge around the word "stable". > > > > > > As far as I know, every single source commit we make, we intend to be > > > stable and usable, and we don't really commit half-features very often > > > (if ever), and I have been seeing users get very confused about that > > > based on the word "stable" for the upcoming release. > > > > This will always be a goal for the product branch as long as I am > > project leader. Keeping the development branch usable is important. > > > > > > > > As far as I know, there are going to be two things that make the > > > upcoming release "special": > > > > > > 1) a feature freeze beforehand so we can run manual tests, make sure our > > > features work well, and hopefully fix any packaging issues on the main > > > targets without any churn of new features > > > > > > 2) file format incompatibilities > > > > 3) A bunch of new features (gal, pns router, 64 layers, etc.) since the > > last "stable" release. > > > > > > > > What about instead of calling it "stable", we called it by a version > > > number? Kicad 2.0? I think more users would understand what we're doing. > > > > We discussed using a triplett. Most likely the upcoming release will be > > 3.0.0 or 4.0.0. Either is fine by me. There will never be a 3.1.X or > > 3.2.X because features will *not* be back ported under the current > > policy. Only critical errors (read crash, data loss, memory leaks, etc) > > will be fixed in the stable release branch so there will only be 3.0.1, > > 3.0.2, etc, versions. There will be no attempt to maintain > > compatibility with the development branch file formats. Either you > > bleed on the edge and help with testing or you live with the features in > > the current stable release. I am not reopening this subject for > > discussion for obvious reasons. We've beat this horse to death and > > given our resource limitations, this is the best compromise. > > > > > > > > This email is primarily directed at Wayne, but I like to keep things in > > > the open if possible. > > > > > > Adam Wolf > > > Cofounder and Engineer > > > Wayne and Layne > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > Post to : [email protected] > > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]) > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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