At 02:24 AM 4/25/2001 +0300, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>While I'd say Jani's letter was slightly over emotional ;), he does have a
>point.
>I think that taking a stop to look closely at the bugs database would be a
>good thing, and the turn of a new version is a good time to do
>it. Deciding 4.0.6 won't include any significant new features, and that
>we'll start its release process after a bugs-database-cleaning period
>sounds like a good idea to me.
Well I was saying exactly what Jani is saying. That if you want a bug free
minor version then you have to be aware of all the existing crash bugs in
the bugs database and not live in the illusion that this last 4.0.5 crash
bug fix creates now a stable version. I don't think every crash bug can be
a show stopper. Our releases would slow down to a halt.
I don't think it's enough to decide that 4.0.6 won't have additional
features (also because it has enough additional features already which are
enough for another minor version), but the developers need to actually go
through the bugs database and work on those crash bugs. It's not that easy
to get everyone to work on them.
Anyway, I think it's a good idea to decide on a one to two week intensive
period where no features are added and all developers work hard on closing
crash bugs and other serious bugs. The problem is that there will be lots
of developers who will want their very important patches going into 4.0.6
and quite a few who won't be bothered to do the tough job. I'm not sure
this would work.
Andi
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