LIKED:
- Developers were very responsive to issues raised by users (primarily
in the user group), and most issues were fixed in the next release
candidate.
- Releases were made close to the scheduled date. This encourages
users to be involved in the process by knowing when to check back with
the next release.
DISLIKED:
- Large numbers of "release candidates" rather than alpha and beta
releases. I would prefer to see most of the big kinks ironed out in
alpha releases, minor issues and newly discovered issues in beta, and
release candidates should be fairly robust. This was not the case
with the 1.6.0 series. IMHO the release was pushed out of beta too
soon. I think that the philosophy I outlined is consistent with that
on the LyX wiki, but the 1.6 series was not.
Overall, I think 1.6.0 is a marked improvement over the 1.5.x series,
and the development team deserves a pat on the back for it!
James
On Dec 9, 2008, at 1:12 PM, José Matos wrote:
Hi all,
in order to improve the development process of LyX I would to call
for
feedback regarding the development of 1.6.0
I have decide to wait a bit before asking for a public evaluation
avoid the
transient state that occurs after the release. We are now in a
better way to
evaluate the procedure with enough distance as to guarantee a more
objective
view while at the same time the details are still fresh in memory.
What did you like in the development of 1.6.0 and what do you think
that
could be improved?
Regards,
--
José Abílio
