Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: starting with 2.7 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:42:36 +0100 |
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> > as long as more things get fixed than new bugs introduced (and that > > still seems to be the case) things only improve in 2.6. > > > > The joint approach also has major advantages, even for quality: > > All testing happens on the same codebase. > > Previously, the testing focus was split between the stable and unstable > > branch, to the detriment of *both*. > > You think so? I think the number of people testing the 2.4.xx-rc > versions AND the 2.6.xx-bkN versions is a small (nonzero) percentage of > total people trying any new release. I think people test what they plan > to use, so there's less competition for testers than you suggest. People > staying with 2.4 test that, people wanting or needing to move forward > test 2.6. > Actually I suspect the number of people testing 2.4.xx-rc is *really* small now. My point however was more towards a 2.6 / 2.7 split, where the people who want to test newest do 2.7 while people who want to test stable test 2.6; right now those two groups test basically the same codebase.
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