On Saturday, December 22, 2012, Robert David wrote: > Hi all, > > my two cents: > > 1) Rolling is fine but in longterm it can cause anoyances to users and > developers (changing things too frequently, api breakouts in minor > releases, etc) > > 2) I suggest stable branch 17.x for fixes, and minor enhancements (like > new view to efm, new function for possible keybinding, etc) > > 3) Develop most things in new branch 18.0 and only backport sometimes > to 17.x (like: I fix some memleak and fix it in 18 then test it and see > the leak is also in 17, so backport) > > 4) Better testing can be done with release upgrade, many things can > happen like config format update. > > 5) User experience may suffer from more often changes in using style > and rules. > > 6) And finally, from marketing point of view you will have more news in > new relase :) > > So it seems like more cents.
Problem is manpower. We barely could do e17, EFL itself is painful to maintain a stable branch. So it will make things worse. Don't fear changes. We have so few developers we can't be so disruptive ;-) > > Robert. > > > On Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:47:16 +0100 > Bruno <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > On Sat, 22 December 2012 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > On Saturday, December 22, 2012, Thanatermesis wrote: > > > > > > > I would like to open this thread for know/discuss/talk about the > > > > plans of the future status of E17 (not E18), because this is a > > > > very waited and wanted release, we need to provide a good example > > > > of quality result. > > > > > > > > For example, like in any other software, what are the plans for > > > > update the existing release with more bugs fixed ? and in the > > > > same way, the new commits to e17, like improvings or minor fixes > > > > can be good to have it also to the actual release and not only in > > > > the svn, how we can manage that ? > > > > > > > > This is the first commit after the release: > > > > > > > > > http://git.enlightenment.fr/cgit.cgi/svn/e.git/commit/?id=42bdecd16029b779bb1d52febbb3fa502d67ed2a > > > > and it looks like a fix, how we can work in "2 branches mode" in > > > > order to be able to commit for dev, for stable, or for both ? > > > > > > > > I don't know if anything is planned, talked, discussed, maybe > > > > there's people working on a new structure in the server based on > > > > git for the future development ? so... comments ? thoughts ? > > > > ideas ? > > > > > > > > > I'd say we must make E17 a rolling release and never ever assign so > > > much expectation to a number or release as we did. We should go > > > like chrome or Firefox and release often, a single branch. > > > > > > As for the actual number we can go 18 or 17.1, that's mostly > > > irrelevant. > > > > Maybe go for 17.x and switch to 18.x once a bigger feature gets in > > (like support for Wayland) > > > > Bruno > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add > > services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial > Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support > Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services > Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers > http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri http://profusion.mobi embedded systems -------------------------------------- MSN: [email protected] Skype: gsbarbieri Mobile: +55 (19) 9225-2202 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
