+1 2010/12/24 ron_m <[email protected]>
> I for one am happy with the current release cycle. It is a good balance > between new features and the ultimate stability of release 1.XX.N where N > is the last version before XX+1 for example. The nightly build is a bit of a > misnomer, many projects (C or C++ mostly) have some automated process that > takes trunk and compiles it to produce a .tar.gz labelled nightly which > "might" work. For web2py we should just hg pull; hg update to achieve that > result. The nightly for web2py is more like a beta because Massimo hand > picks code from trunk that will or will not be in the nightly which could > really be a weekly. > > I am currently developing the application I am working on and testing is > easy enough that I test trunk at least daily. The web2py server is quite > easy to use but the code in some places is complicated and has many possible > use cases. It is only through exposure out to the user base that a large > number of use cases of the code get tested. I have even seen problems > reported where something was fixed but used by maybe one person in a way > that should not have worked resulting in the dreaded bug that worked and > became a useful feature for someone. > > Once I go to production I will probably move the releases a lot slower > through the installed base. In fact I have 2 beta production systems up now > and only push a new web2py when I push a new version of the application to > the stakeholders to look at. > > Massimo provides a fantastic service with the web2py project and I would > not like to see him stifled by a load of process. Anyone that has time to > test will definitely help the quality, if you don't have time, that is okay > too. I personally don't mind doing some release management between where > Massimo is burning the midnight oil and what I let out into the production > systems I have/will manage. The product is alive with new features and bug > fixes sometimes occur in minutes once reported. That is worth a lot. > > Ron > > > -- Díaz Luis TSU Analisis de Sistemas Universidad de Carabobo http://web2pyfacil.blogspot.com/ Facultad de Odontología<http://www.odontologia.uc.edu.ve/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=85>
