At 10:48 AM 9/26/2001 +0200, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote:
>[Andi Gutmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> > At 09:12 PM 9/25/2001 +0200, Stig Sæther Bakken wrote:
> >
> > >But just to get back to release frequency, I do think we release too
> > >seldom. There's a lot of process in place now, with a QA branch and
> > >all. I think this process is good, but it's congesting. At this
> > >point we're almost ready to start the 4.0.8 release before 4.0.7 is
> > >through the needle's eye. There's simply too much weight. For every
> > >extension we shake off, it the release process gets lighter, and some
> > >ISP sysadmins may even get their hair back.
> >
> > I disagree. It does seem annoying that when we finally release 4.0.7,
> > 4.0.8 is pretty much ready for its own QA round but I thought about
> > this a lot and I think it's better than the alternatives. It allows us
> > to release a more stable version and it's not such a big deal because
> > 4.0.8 will take a long time to finish QA anyway. Most people I talk to
> > *don't* like having to upgrade every month or two. Even three month
> > releases is relatively tight for them so I think the amount of
> > releases we are doing right now is pretty good.
>
>Okay, I can agree that given the current situation, three months is a
>reasonable release frequency. What I'm after is not really having a
>new PHP release every two weeks. Often I'm waiting for a new release
>because of a new/changed/bugfixed extension that comes with it, and in
>these cases it's frustrating having to wait for three months.
>
>The start of this thread was a versioning scheme, and that's still
>what this is all about, because it's required to solve the problem I'm
>describing above.
I think the key still lies in creating a repository for C extensions where
each extension can have its own release cycle.
Anndi
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