On Thu, 2009-05-14 at 19:57 -0700, David Brownell wrote: > On Thursday 14 May 2009, Zach Welch wrote: > > > > > > Re "Why", IMO it might suffice to say that after four or five > > > months, lots of bugs have been fixed and features added, so > > > it's just time to clean up the rough spots and declare victory > > > over some stable code. > > > > I think the most pressing reason would be to get most users into the > > habit of using our releases, rather than the SVN trunk. > > Right ... and regular release milestones are a key part of that. > > Related: having developers adopt release cycle discipline > is another part of that. :)
Discipline. That is the operative word. We need more of it all around. Policies and processes simply seek to culture that singular attribute. > > > In addition to > > removing some of the pressure from developers working on the trunk, > > regular releases will allow OpenOCD to receive better adoption by > > distributions, which will help us attract more developers and users. > > I notice that Ubuntu seems to have an 0.0 version; > Distro folk may need some input to the process too. That would be the "packager" role. Yes, their input will be valued too. I think those individuals should be giving input to the release manager, who uses their feedback to gage when to move from RC to final release. Obviously, their input should be considered at every stage, but we are talking specifically about the release process in this thread. FWIW, I believe the Debian/Ubuntu 0.0 version series has been created from the SVN repository exclusively. It's nice to be needed that bad, but it does not reflect well on the project. Cheers, Zach _______________________________________________ Openocd-development mailing list Openocd-development@lists.berlios.de https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/openocd-development
