on Wed Oct 10 2007, "Emmanuel Blot" <manu.blot-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>> so if you release now, and then do a bugfix release by changing the >> context like cmlenz suggests, who would care? and then release >> something further developped with maybe an idea of cboos in it >> discussed? > > The developers team use a version numbering scheme that carries some meaning: > 0.11.1 and subsequent 0.11.x releases should not break APIs that will > be available in 0.11. This scheme won't be changed for the sake of > releasing earlier. > > 0.11 needs to be released, everyone's expecting it, but it needs to be > a well defined object. I still think it's possible to release a well-defined Trac-0.11 soon, and without fixing *all* the design problems that you know about first. I suggested a way that could happen in http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.subversion.trac.devel/2600 but I guess that post was either not understood or considered irrelevant, because nobody replied. > If you don't care about the numbering scheme, you can check out the > code from the trunk. And that has serious problems in a component-based world like you have created. Plugins generally don't work with "the trunk" because it's a moving target. The longer 0.11 continues moving before a release, the more hostile the environment becomes for plugin authors. > As a user, I do care about the version numbering. > Users are already confused about which plugin they can use with a > given release of Trac. I can't imagine the support nightmare > (MailingList and tickets) if the APIs vary over bug fix releases... Agreed. That would be a reason to release sooner with some of the new and less-stable APIs still in the code but essentially removed from Trac's public interface. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Trac Development" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/trac-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
