Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul Rolland" <> | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 | Date | Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:08:04 +0100 |
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Hello,
> > In practice, that's all the -rc releases are these days > anyway (there > > are times when a 2.6.x-rcy release is more stable than 2.6.z). The > > problem is that since the -rc releases are called what they are > > called, they don't get enough testing. > > Perfectly true. I would add that with -rc releases, people > only upgrade when > we tell them that they can, while with more frequent > releases, they upgrade > when they *need* to, and can try several versions if the > first one they pick > does not work. >
I'd like to add some personal view : After 2.4.x, we have had a fork and 2.5.x was born, clearly identified as a development tree, so no stability guaranteed... Then one day came 2.6.0, and so on... I'm sorry, but I still cannot consider 2.6.x being any stable the way 2.4.x is today.
Theodore wrote : > that at least 1 in 3 releases will turn out to be stable enough for > most purposes. But we won't know until after 2 or 3 days which > releases will be the good ones.
I mostly agree. When a new 2.4.x comes out, I have a confident feeling about it, and there is no reason for me to wait 2 or 3 days to know if it's stable or not. It's part of a stable branch, and there are no major changes in it. 2.6.x, I still consider as a development branch. OK, people changed the numbering from 2.5.x to 2.6.x, but the number of changes still going on didn't really change. Just have a look at the numbers : patches are even bigger now that we are in a "stable" branch (4Mo average for 2.6 patch, gzip when we had a 1Mo average for 2.5 !)
Yes, it is a wonderful playground. So let's keep it a playground, let number it 2.5.x again, and play with. Or let it be a stable branch, and do something for people needing a playground.
Paul
PS : on my personal computer, I'm a player, so I'm running 2.6.x, but don't expect me to put that on a production server for long... No way, not yet, not as long as the decision on what *really* is 2.6.x is clear.
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