What's so urgent that requires a hotfix or release immediately? I don't see anything that couldn't wait another couple of months, IMHO. People can always build from source if there is a fix they must have.
--Thilo Marshall Schor wrote: > We have found several issues (see Jira) which could impact users of > 2.2. I'd like to get at least the bug-fix ones, released. I see two > ways to do that: > 1) have a special delta hot-fix release > 2) do another plain release > > The value of doing a hot fix release is that it is treated as a "delta" > against the main release, and this means that there's potentially less > for the incubator PMC to do, in reviewing this. I say potentially, > because I'm not sure what they actually do. > > The downside of a hot-fix is that it is harder for users to "install" - > they have to download 2.2, and then download the hot-fix, and then do > some action to incorporate the updates. > > The value of a plain release is just the opposite to the above 2 points. > > I'm in favor of doing another plain release; we could mitigate the PMC > review efforts by clearly calling out which things changed. What do > others think? > > -Marshall
