*resent after bad email client config*

i like the 3.2 plan,

i think its fine to mark 3.1 as botched

we should have a proper discussion about feature lifetimes in future,
just deprecation is simply not enough - and it seems we repeat mishaps
around releasing "complete" features

-- Ronny

Am 29.05.2017 um 14:06 schrieb Bruno Oliveira:
> Hi Floris and Brian, thanks for joining.
>
> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 8:44 AM Floris Bruynooghe <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     On 26 May 2017 at 15:51, Brian Okken <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>     > My opinion:
>     > - make 3.1.1 with this feature opt in
>
>     I'd have agreed with this initially.  But I think releasing an
>     un-broken version should probably only be done within the first
>     24-48h.  After that the pain might just increase rather then decrease.
>
>
> If we were to make it opt-in, I would rather release a 3.2.0 version;
> this way we can think of 3.1 as a "botched" release and more
> emphatically communicate the change to users.
>
>     > - new features that change behavior in backwards incompatible
>     way should be
>     > opt in.
>
>     Probably with a note that next major release they'll be switched on by
>     default and give people the time to already disable them in their
>     config for that case
>
>
> Sounds like a good idea. The problem in this case was that we didn't
> foresee stuff actually breaking, otherwise it would be an opt-in
> feature from the start.
>
> Guys, anymore opinions? I'm willing to prepare a 3.2.0 release today
> with warnings opt-in if we all agree this is the best course of action.
>
> Cheers,
> Bruno.
>
>
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