Andres, minus w3af-users@ list
> >> At some point I thought that having a branch for a stable release was > >> a good idea... but... people want new features also... > > New features must be correctly implemented and *tested*. > > W3AF has a lot of features and a lot of LOC (lines of code). It is big > > project. > > As I think it will be difficult to maintain and develop it in the future > > without any separation > > in develop. > > > >> As I said in my > >> previous email, lets make 1.0 the best we can, fix the major bugs, and > >> stop trying to make a perfect "1.0" release. > > Of course we will try to make it the best we can =) But it really strange > > when on > > RC stage there are a lot of new code in trunk. It will make new bugs more > > and more. > > Something we've been lacking since the beginning is a good regression > testing framework. The good news is that Rapid7 will contribute to the > project with several hours a week of a QA tester that will implement a > regression testing framework for both w3af and NeXpose. With that, > we're going to be able to identify old bugs, fix them, and make sure > that introducing a new feature doesn't break what we already have. > > This tester, together with the power of the community, will enhance > the quality of the framework. Separate QA tester is of course good news and I like it! :) But in the root (I hope there is such expression in English:) it is not enough to solve problem of release stability. This tester will find a lot of bugs after new code will be added to the trunk and then we will need to fix them on RC stage. It is bad practic to add new features on RC stage. New code especially when it touches the core or simply has a lot of lines in most cases will bring bugs. It is the bad truth of development. From Wikipedia: "The term release candidate (RC) refers to a version with potential to be a final product, ready to release unless fatal bugs emerge. In this stage of product *stabilization*, *all product features have been designed, coded and tested through one or more beta cycles with no known showstopper-class bug.*" -- Taras http://oxdef.info ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ W3af-develop mailing list W3af-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/w3af-develop
