Are there anyone on the list that use Release4.0 in production? is there anyone interested in providing patches or reporting bugs?
========================= BJ Freeman http://bjfreeman.elance.com Strategic Power Office with Supplier Automation <http://www.businessesnetwork.com/automation/viewforum.php?f=93> Specialtymarket.com <http://www.specialtymarket.com/> Systems Integrator-- Glad to Assist Chat Y! messenger: bjfr33man Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1237480&locale=en_US&trk=tab_pro> David E Jones sent the following on 4/18/2010 10:01 AM: > I usually think of software as the opposite of things like cars... the longer > a piece of software lives the more the software itself gets complex and is > more difficult it is to support and maintain. Fortunately older software > doesn't wear out and break down like physical things do. > > The difference is the number of people interested in maintaining it, and > ultimately (IMO) that's all that matters with software: how many people are > interested in it? How much can you share the cost of maintenance with others? > > With release4.0 there may be lots of people using it an interested in it, but > no one would know since there isn't much activity reporting bugs and > contributing patches in that branch... ;) > > -David > > > On Apr 18, 2010, at 12:56 AM, Adrian Crum wrote: > >> From my perspective, old versions of software are like old cars - how long >> are you willing to pour money into them to keep them running? >> >> Anyone who has tried to maintain an old car will know the answer to that >> question. >> >> -Adrian >> >> >> --- On Sat, 4/17/10, Ean Schuessler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> From: Ean Schuessler <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Release 4 on the download page >>> To: [email protected] >>> Cc: [email protected] >>> Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 10:22 PM >>> ----- "BJ Freeman" wrote: >>>> If support is important then the Phrase >>>> "you need to upgrade to current trunk" >>>> should be evaluated. >>>> one of the things I try to keep is what commits will >>> work with what >>>> versions. >>> Yeah, I don't think we want to have any pages that advise >>> "upgrade your production environment to trunk". That is just >>> going to lead to heartbreak for most people who try it. >>> >>> Eventually I hope we will be in the position to port stuff >>> like these recently identified XSS attacks to older >>> releases, much as security fixes are back-ported to older >>> stable Debian releases. As Jacopo has identified, we don't >>> really have the man-power to reach that goal. I still think >>> it should be a goal and should be one of the things we >>> suggest for new developers that want to get started working >>> on the infrastructure. It would be a great way to learn >>> about how things have been evolving. >>> >>> -- >>> Ean Schuessler, CTO Brainfood.com >>> [email protected] >>> - http://www.brainfood.com - 214-720-0700 x 315 >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
