Jonathan Gordon wrote:
I'm not against the idea, but I wonder what the point of releasing so
often is unless there was something big?
The point is to keep the most recent stable release recent. We want
users to (in general) use the releases, and if we stick to a relatively
short (and fixed)
I'm not against the idea, but I wonder what the point of releasing so
often is unless there was something big?
I agree. Considering the last
gap between releases was three years, a release schedule of every 3 months
seems a bit like setting ourselves up for a fall. A targetted release
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Jonathan Gordon wrote:
I'm not against the idea, but I wonder what the point of releasing so often
is unless there was something big?
I totally submit to the idea of doing regular time-based releases no matter if
anything big is done or not. For the sake of offering
2008/11/5 Daniel Stenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Jonathan Gordon wrote:
I'm not against the idea, but I wonder what the point of releasing so
often is unless there was something big?
I totally submit to the idea of doing regular time-based releases no matter
if anything big
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, Jonathan Gordon wrote:
I just wonder if it will start being pointless like the dailies?
For you and me and lots of others they will be pointless. For users they will
be a means to get the latest stable version that is no more than three months
behind the cutting edge.
I like the idea of time based releases too, waiting around for significant
features will make the time frame very unpredictable. If we have to wait a
long time, more issues are likely to have popped up, documentation more out
of sync etc. so each release would mean a lot more work IMHO.
On Wed, 5 Nov 2008, alex wallis wrote:
I don't think this is necessary. Not only does this make make zip and
family slower, it also removes the ability to zip up a partial build -
which is the reason I made it this way originally.
Hi. I'm probably being very stupid, but why would you want to
On Wed, Nov 05, 2008, alex wallis wrote:
Hi. I'm probably being very stupid, but why would you want to zip up a
partial build? I mean a partial build isn't going to work on your player
is it?
For example someone might want to build only a few rocks, if the
firmware is present then it will
