On Tue, 7 Feb 2017 18:25:58 +1030 Simon Lees <sfl...@suse.de> said:
>
>
> On 02/06/2017 10:06 PM, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
> >
> > Time-based releases keep the expectations if they are followed. Once
> > we miss the frame, we start to have this feature-based releases ("oh,
> > waited so long, can wait a bit more") and when people work
> > independently, they always have some in-flux work that could get in...
> > so at some point these guys will want to delay a bit more so their
> > work gets in as well... endless wait -- AKA e17/efl-1.0
> >
> > IOW: just do it, and let's not miss the 3 month schedule next time. ;-)
> >
> >
>
> The problem is people (even some in Samsung) are writing software that
> depends on unstable eo, regardless of whether its wrong or right its
> happening. This means that every release there is an extra bunch of work
> for downstream projects to roll another release and then for distro's to
> package all theses changes.
>
> Until the eo interfaces are done the cost of releasing is high, so
> releasing every 3 months for release sake when there isn't many new
> features such as the last release of last year that didn't happen
> doesn't make sense.
>
> If we are now at a point where there is significant new things then lets
> release now, if there is more significant new things in 3 months lets
> release again then, if there is no new things in 3 months releasing
> again then probably also doesn't make sense.
>
> So in short, if we want to go back to 3 monthly releases lets get eo
> interfaces done so releases stop being as much effort for a bunch of people.
>
> Cheers, from the guy who gets to deal with the mess at the other end.
that is a very good point. the reliance on eo anyway... and thus a 1.19 will
mean everything that did (wrongly) rely on it has to update/rev and release too.
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