On 19 May 2010, at 13:29, Mark Huijgen wrote:
> 
> Would it be safe to apply this NAT ping functionality to the 1.4.x
> series also?

Define safe.

The problem here is that this is very definitely new functionality. Different 
people have different views on how "stable" the 1.4.x tree should be. Some 
would like to see it contain only critical bug fixes. Others would like all of 
the new features required by their site to be included, but nothing else. 
Reconciling all of these interests is hard.

It's even harder at this stage in the process, where virtually every developer 
is focussed on (and running) the 1.5.x tree. Backporting changes to 1.4.x comes 
pretty far down the list of priorities, and changes which are getting 
backported are unlikely to see any significant testing because we're all 
running (and testing) git master in an attempt to get 1.6 out of the door.

So, at this stage in the game, I suspect we'll be even more conservative in 
terms of what changes go into 1.4.x - a series that probably only has one or 
two releases left in it.

If you want the new stuff, then I'd urge you to run and test 1.5.x. The more 
eyes we can get on that, the better chance we have of producing a solid, 
stable, 1.6.0

Cheers,

Simon.

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