Hi all, I really think we are going blind here about the bugfix or not bugfix release ! At present, it depends completely of the package maintainers. For example:
* Under Windows : no bugfix * Under Debian : bug-fixed via branch release-2_2 * Ubuntugis-unstable : not bugfxied * opensuze : bugfixed I think * Mac OX : I do not know etc. NB: I may be wrong for some, please correct me :) And please note I really do not blame any packager. I know time is not a unlimited resource. I really think it is a pity not to have a bug fix release for some users, but to have it for others. I personaly tried the last week to create the build architecture under Windows 7, and almost suceeded (but still have some build errors..). I think once you have the architecture set up, it must not be so "manpower demanding" to run a bash script under Windows, Ubuntu, etc. and create a bug fix packages (but maybe I am wrong) ? For example, a Windows build is created automatically every week. I think the script can be used once every 4 months (or 6 ) to build the bugfix release, for example for release-2_2. Perhaps we need more documentation on how-to build pacakges for the main Linux distributions, Mac and Windows. It could be great to have a dedicated documentation repository on Github about "building QGIS". The INSTALL file is a good start entry, but does not (yet) describe all the possibilities, and has no images, etc. What about having a "packagers squad" for each main OS, and not rely only on unique volonteers per OS ? I think the manpower is more lacking about documentation, bugfix release announce, communication about it, etc. Michael 2014-06-19 11:36 GMT+02:00 Sandro Santilli <[email protected]>: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 07:32:17PM +1000, Nathan Woodrow wrote: > > > I think the main thing is keeping the bug fix patches small so you don't > > affect to much code and is easier to spot where there might be issues. > > Agreed. When I spot a bug during development I often first fix it in the > stable branches and than forward-port to master, to keep the bugfix > isolated > from the new feature. > > --strk; > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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