Jorg Heymans wrote:
Daniel Fagerstrom wrote:
For 2.1.x (that we hopefully will kill soon), we could do something
99.99% of our userbase is using it, no need to make them jump out of the
window with statements like this ;)
What we have discussed on the list and seem to an agreement about, is
that we will try to release a last (or something like that) relase in
the 2.1.x series after the GT. Then we will also release a 2.2 alpha.
During the alpha stage of 2.2, early adaptors will hopefully identify
all unplanned incompabilities so that we can correct them. And for
planned incompabilities we will provide migration instructions. The
2.1.x will not be killed until we can offer a stable 2.2 (or maybe later
than that).
After 2.1.x we will hopefully be able to have binary releases and
separate release cycles for all blocks. This will make it easier to make
new releases, and easier to keep instalations up to date. It will also
increase the preasure on keeping stable contracts on blocks.
We will hopefully be able to abandon our current use of "global"
branches. There will be just one trunk version on nearly all of the
blocks. New functionality will either be introduced by creating a new
block, within an existing block or if it is impossible to avoid by
having a development branch of a specific block.
As I have discussed before "stable" branches doesn't lead to stability
as one might believe. Software becomes stable when many people use it.
By calling something an unstable branch it will become unstable as none
use it. It is better to just have a trunk and develop in an incremental
and evolutionary way. In this way trouble will be detected early when it
easy to fix. It will also motivate us to have so much automatic testing
that the trunk will be stable.
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I use drastic formulations like the one above because I'm impatient and
want all the new goodies right away ;)
I don't think users have to worry, rather the oposite. We are heading
towards a less monolithic and more scalable Cocoon, that will be much
easier to maintain and to keep up to date.
/Daniel
