From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3819429E25 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 06:21:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at olra.theworths.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -2.3 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-2.3] autolearn=unavailable Received: from olra.theworths.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (olra.theworths.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id WqFzVR++K-+1 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 06:21:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tempo.its.unb.ca (tempo.its.unb.ca [131.202.1.21]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by olra.theworths.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 901FA431FB6 for ; Sat, 4 Jun 2011 06:21:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zancas.localnet (fctnnbsc30w-142167176081.pppoe-dynamic.High-Speed.nb.bellaliant.net [142.167.176.81]) (authenticated bits=0) by tempo.its.unb.ca (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p54DL5Jo032603 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 4 Jun 2011 10:21:06 -0300 Received: from bremner by zancas.localnet with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QSqmn-0007xh-DR; Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:21:05 -0300 From: David Bremner To: Carl Worth , Jameson Graef Rollins , Notmuch Mail Subject: Re: When will we have our next release? In-Reply-To: <878vtile1h.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> References: <878vtile1h.fsf@yoom.home.cworth.org> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.6~215 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 10:21:00 -0300 Message-ID: <87ei39g2bn.fsf@zancas.localnet> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:21:14 -0000 Overall I think Carl's time based release proposal is a reasonable plan. I think one problem we've been having is that we seem to have lost track of # Releases of notmuch have a two-digit version (0.1, 0.2, etc.). We # increment the second digit for each release and increment the first # digit when we reach particularly major milestones of usability. In short, I think we are make too big of a deal out of releases. Looking at the log between 0.5 and now, there are features enough to justify several minor releases. On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:56:42 -0700, Carl Worth wrote: > > Frankly, I wouldn't mind doing strict time-based releases with something > like the following: > > * We schedule a release period (once per month?) I think every two months might be a bit more comfortable, but then again, 1 month would keep us from "making a big deal out of releases." > * We schedule a "safety period" before the release (one week?) > * At the beginning of the safety period, package up the head > of the notmuch tree and upload to Debian experimental and > anywhere else similar. Sure. I don't mind doing that part, at least for Debian. I'm going to try to do at roughly weekly uploads to Debian experimental. Hopefully this will get some critical mass of users testing those versions. d