On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 5:10 AM, Jordan K. Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:35 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > For the next release, I think we need version 1.7.0, not 1.6.1, >> because there are countless new features and a year's worth of bug >> fixes. That much work deserves more than just a bugfix version number >> increase. That means we release from trunk, not the 1.6 branch. A >> concern of mine is that the 1.6 branch contains some work that was >> done only there and not on trunk. I believe some of it was done on >> trunk in a different way, but I don't know if all changes from the >> 1.6 branch got put in trunk. Someone needs to figure out whether it >> was, and if not, identify what needs to be ported from 1.6 to trunk. >> Ideally that would happen before a 1.7.0 release. >> > > I agree entirely. I know that some kind folks have also been tentatively > tossing their hat in the ring for this job, and for that I think we should > all be thankful and also willing to both encourage and help them do so in > any way necessary, but I also agree that we haven't had a release in some > time and the accumulated backlog of work is likely to be a little daunting > to anyone who isn't already intimately familiar with MacPorts. > > Ryan. I hate to do this to you, I really do, but given the degree to which > you've been active in this project and the fact that you clearly know your > way around, I don't suppose YOU would be willing to do this for at least one > release, just to get the ball rolling again, as it were? The quoted > paragraph clearly demonstrates an agenda of sorts, without which any RE > cannot truly be effective, and I think the other volunteers would find you a > more than credible candidate for the job and be willing to follow/help you > as necessary. Again, I am not suggesting that you volunteer (or "be > volunteered" :-) for anything more than this 1.7.0 release, we just need to > break the log jam and there are very few people I can think of who have > demonstrated your level of commitment to this project (the svn logs speak > for themselves!). > Sounds like an excellent solution. Breaking the log jam is an excellent summation of what's needed here and I think once people can see the accumulated body of work that comes with the 1.7 release, the energy level and enthusiasm will go up a bit. Seconded, in other words. -- Paul Beard / www.paulbeard.org/ <paulbeard.org>
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