Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Nov 2005 20:54:30 -0800 (PST) | From | Eric Sandall <> | Subject | Re: New (now current development process) |
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On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 01:28:23PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > >> So I'm planning on continuing with it unchanged for now. Two-week merge >> window until -rc1, and then another -rc kernel roughly every week until >> release. With the goal being 6 weeks, and 8 weeks being ok. >> >> I don't think anybody has been really unhappy with this approach? Hmm? > > I believe it was a good experience. However, I still find it sad that > there are changes between the latest -rc and the final version. This > time, it seems it did not cause trouble, but in the past, it happened > several times, because any valid fix can have side effects. > > I think that if you could announce what you intend to release with a > message like "I will make this -final tomorrow", there would be some > time to test builds in various configs, and check that no obvious bug > has been introduced.
A -final should never be changed from the last -rc. That defeats the purpose of having -rc releases (rc == 'release candidate' ;)). If you do make changes to the last -rc, then you need to release another -rc with those changes. If all's good, then you can release that /last/ - -rc with /no/ changes as the One and True Release.
- -sandalle
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