Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-03 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Jeremy Henty wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: > >> I've wondered, in the case of the kernel, whether is would be >> beneficial to release the drivers as a separate tarball on a >> different release schedule. I think that's where most of the >> changes occur. In an uncompressed k

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-03 Thread Jeremy Henty
Bruce Dubbs wrote: > I've wondered, in the case of the kernel, whether is would be > beneficial to release the drivers as a separate tarball on a > different release schedule. I think that's where most of the > changes occur. In an uncompressed kernel tarball, the drivers

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: >>>I don't follow systemd, no doubt some of the changes are important >>> for the project, but without monitoring it I can't guess which, if >>> any, impact the udev part. I'm still hoping that standalone udev >>> will gain traction. >> >> That would require a major attitude

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 08:38:48PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote: > > > Release early, release often. For major projects, weekly -rc > > releases, and stable point releases as-necessary, is a good thing. > > The release early, release often approach can be overdone. How is a >

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Ken Moffat wrote: > Release early, release often. For major projects, weekly -rc > releases, and stable point releases as-necessary, is a good thing. The release early, release often approach can be overdone. How is a typical user supposed to know when a change is significant? I have no pr

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-01 Thread Ken Moffat
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 05:41:49PM -0500, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > Perhaps 6.7.10-0, and then only next point release? > > Yes, 6.7.10.x, 6.7.11.x or 6.8.x.x, etc. > > I'm getting a bit tired of some of these packages developers that > don't really understand software engineering. One major tas

Re: [blfs-dev] [blfs-book] [BLFS Trac] #3588: ImageMagick-6.7.9-9

2012-10-01 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Fernando de Oliveira wrote: > --- Em seg, 1/10/12, BLFS Trac escreveu: >> Changes (by bdubbs@…): >> >>* status: new => closed >>* resolution: => wontfix >> >> >> Comment: >> >> I'm going to mark this as wontfix. IM manages to do a >> sub-point >> (major.minor.point-subpoint) release