Nicola Pero wrote:
Looks like we have more commit right now during code freeze then we have
at normal times. I would suggest that we give up the idea of doing more
tests. As long as people cannot stick to a code freeze even for a week,
I thought we were in "feature freeze" - ie, all commits must be bug
fixes as opposed to
implementation of new features. A typical pre-release phase to iron
out bugs before
a release. :-)
Exactly! I understood the same. Of course some fixes might introduce new
bugs, btu this is normal during testing.
Instead, you're suggesting we're in "code freeze" - meaning no commits
at all ? Ie, nothing
gets done for weeks ? I've never seen a project do that. Anyway it
would be easy enough to
do, we just all have to stop doing anything. Hmmm. Not sure why that
would be useful ? ;-)
Never head about that, not even at work. A freeze of 1-2 days is
possible there, for pure testing, but we can't in opensource do that. Or
we might declare a certain weekend to be test weekend, if a couple of
people can follow that.
With about 150 bugs open in the bug tracking system, we probably need
quite a few
weeks of feature freeze / bug fixing to get a good release. :-)
Yes, we have a lot of bugs. I was speaking with Gregory and it would be
nice to have some of these fixed.
I personally suggest we stay in a "feature freeze / bug fixing only"
phase for a while until
the bug count is down and the commits slow down because there are no
more bugs to fix :-)
Yes, or at least a certain number of bugs have been addressed or
explained or posponed.
I undertand that this release is long due, but it is a very important
release I think.
There are many changes, I noticed that many applications need a new
release because of adjustments needed.
Even smalls tuff, like the header and import cleanup done by Fred. Of
course he did a good job, the applications were wrong, but they need to
be released soon, so that people don't experience broken applications.
There will be some sort of avalanche effect. We must be careful about
that, but if done well it will give us exposure and advertisement! They
can't call us dead anymore.
Finally, it is quite possible you were referring to some specific
changes that are new features
instead of being bug fixes - presumably in the gui ? If so, you
should IMO feel free to point these
out, and even revert them.
Some of the commits clearly marked fixes. How good they are we must retest.
Cheers,
Riccardo
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