>>>>> "Abdelrazak" == Abdelrazak Younes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Abdelrazak> Michael Gerz wrote: >> Georg Baum schrieb: >>>> On the scrollbar issue, what can I say? I more or less know what >>>> needs to be done but I cannot do that without further cleanup. >>>> I'll promise to do something for 1.5.1 but not now. >>>> >>> In order to destabilize 1.5.1 because of the cleanup? >>> >> I fully agree with Georg. If major changes are needed, they have >> to be made now or they will never go into the 1.5.X branch! >> >> In the past, stability increased with every minor release (1.X.1 => >> 1.X.2 => 1.X.3 => ...), mainly because we did not allow big >> changes. IMHO users (including myself) appreciate this approach, >> because they don't have to think about whether it is safe to move >> to the next minor release. Abdelrazak> If really needed, we could also do 1.5.0.x release for Abdelrazak> quick and simple bug fixes like the linux kernel do. But I Abdelrazak> doubt there would be a need for that. So you will have development branch, semi stable branch and really stable branch. Wow! How many people do you plan to hire? Stable branches are only doable when they are stable. In most of "my" 1.[34].x releases, the code changes accounted for less than 5% of the patch size. And this is how it should be. Abdelrazak> I was not planning intrusive changes, only incremental Abdelrazak> changes and cleanup, in any case much less intrusive than Abdelrazak> the changes introduced in 1.4.x series. Anyway, let's Abdelrazak> re-discuss that when 1.5.0 is released. I do not see the interest of cleaning up the stable branch. It is better to work on the development branch (but with some focus!!) and make it happen as quickly as possible. JMarc
