Hi Moritz, Il 09/04/2016 15:38, Moritz Lennert ha scritto: > On 09/04/16 11:57, Paolo Cavallini wrote:
> 1) Either release point releases more often, but then we have to be even > stricter than now concerning backports to the release branch. Otherwise > we will undermine the reliability even more. IMHO an important module totally broken, without alternatives, is worth an emergency release. > 2) Integrate selected bug fixes as patches in the Debian package. The problem is even more serious for Windows users, that cannot generally compile themselves. > 3) Provide a private Debian repository with daily packages for stable / > testing / unstable branches of Debian. -1: custom repos require a lot of effort to be properly maintained for all distros, and are often source of problems. > All three represent more workload and so the need for the necessary > humanpower. > > 1) is generally triggered when there is a really critical bug. > Apparently not very many see v.generalize as a function that is critical > enough to trigger a new release... I see the point; however, I respectfully disagree with that. All the best. -- Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html _______________________________________________ grass-user mailing list grass-user@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-user