On 11/13/13, 9:46 PM, Brad Roberts wrote:
On 11/13/13 4:37 PM, Tyro[17] wrote:
I'm of the opinion, however, that
the cycle should be six months long. This particular schedule is not
of my own crafting but I
believe it to be sound and worthy of emulation:
I think 6 months between releases is entirely too long. I'd really like
us to be back closer to the once every month or two rather than only
twice a year. The pace of change is high and increasing (which is a
good thing). Release early and often yields a smoother rate of
introducing those changes to the non-bleeding-edge part of the
community. The larger the set of changes landing in a release the more
likely it is to be a painful, breaking, experience.
Surely for those of us that live on the edge, it is fun to be able to
use the latest and greatest. Hence the reason for monthly release of
betas. Within a month (sometimes shorter) of any new feature being
implemented in the language, you'll be able to download the binaries for
your favorite distro and begin testing it.
The side effect is that there is more time to flesh out a particular
implementation and get it corrected prior to it being an irreversible
eyesore in the language. You also have a greater play in the filing bug
reports as to aid in minimizing the number of bugs that make it into the
final release.
Unlike us adventurers however, companies require a more stable
environment to work in. As such, the six month cycle provides a
dependable time frame in which they can expect to see only bugfixes in
to the current release in use.
I think this release plan is a reasonable compromise for both parties.
Schedule
--------
2.064 --- 2.064.1 --- 2.064.2 -- ...
\
+ -- 2.065beta1 --- 2.065beta2 --- ... --- 2.065rc1 --- 2.065 ---
2.065.1 --- ...
\
+ --
2.066beta1 --- ...
As drawn, this looks a lot like a branch structure rather than release
timing. I dearly hope this isn't intended to represent branching.
This is in no way intended to represent branching. Simply to indicate
that while betas are being released for the upcoming release, it may at
times be necessary to release bug fixes.
My few cents,
Brad
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