On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 07:18:10AM +1000, Russell Dickenson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've noticed over the past few months that more bugs are being > reported than ever before. I've not checked statistics, though, so I > *could* be completely wrong. This could because Frugalware has more > bugs than ever before and/or Frugalware has more users than ever > before.
Agreed, both are possible. > I wonder - in what circumstances would a bug delay a Frugalware > release? I worry that Frugalware is released with some noticeable, > easily-fixed bugs, when it may look better if these are resolved > before release. My time for Frugalware is limited so I can't put up > my hand to help here, so anyone's free to tell me to go somewhere > else. :) If there is some blocker bug, then of course we can delay it. But in general, in a hobby project like Frugalware where developers do the whole work in their free time you can choose between feature-based or time-based releases. Feature-based means that we have a definitive feature list, and release the next version When It's Ready (see for example Debian). An other method is to define the date of a release, then decide (based on what time permits, etc.) what feature go in and what should be left out to do the release by the given time. Of course both methods can result in a high quality product. In case of Frugalware, you can always know when do you get the release, but the "what" is usually decided in the last minute of "before freeze". ;) In short: don't worry, we'll have the feature freeze after rc2 to fix as many bugs as time permits.
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