From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Neil Jerram Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Stable releases Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:01:41 +0000 Message-ID: <87irh8e9x6.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> References: <87bqn5n48n.fsf@ossau.uklinux.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164146684 3701 80.91.229.2 (21 Nov 2006 22:04:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:04:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Guile Development Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 21 23:04:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmdjL-00036T-5q for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 23:04:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmdjK-0006Iu-Pw for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmdjI-0006H3-M0 for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:36 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GmdjH-0006FD-UN for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GmdjH-0006Es-Gg for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.84.72.33] (helo=mail3.uklinux.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GmdjH-0000km-2y for guile-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:04:35 -0500 Original-Received: from laruns (host86-145-51-69.range86-145.btcentralplus.com [86.145.51.69]) by mail3.uklinux.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFF6C40A444; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:02:26 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: from laruns (laruns [127.0.0.1]) by laruns (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F216F775; Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:01:42 +0000 (GMT) Original-To: Greg Troxel In-Reply-To: (Greg Troxel's message of "Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:06:42 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:6232 Archived-At: Greg Troxel writes: > Right now we have stable releases at intervals best measured in years > (0 in 2005, 3 in 2006). While having them more often would be good, > 2-3 days is way too ambitious. I'd suggest as something that is > achievable and would be useful: > > release 2 months after last release if anything significant has > changed (where significant means new feature or bug fix) > > release 6 months after last release if anything has changed at all > > release after a 1 week cooling off period if a serious bug is fixed That's fine, but 99% of the time I expect it to collapse in practice to just the last point, because - by definition, nothing should usually change in a stable series apart from bug fixes - bug fixes usually happen in response to someone reporting a problem, and I find it difficult to imaging saying to that person "we've fixed your bug, but don't regard it as important and so will not be making a release until a couple of months' time". > In my view, the main path to guile usage by other than the people on > this list is via stale releases and then packaging systems. This > enables other people to choose to depend on guile. Currently, that's > a scary choice to make. Not sure I understand. What do you think it is that makes the choice scary? Regards, Neil _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel