I think it's important to have stability, more than to release a new version. A new version rhymes with maturity, if we think that a part need more time, it is probably wiser to wait. We'll be even happier and our users too.
2012/4/27 Fabien Potencier <[email protected]> > Hi all, > > The Symfony 2.1 release was expected to be published some time ago and we > struggle with it for two main reasons: > > * The number of contributions we have every single day. That's great but > it means that it is never a good time to release because of this last > minute great change that we want to merge first; > > * The recent BC breaks in the form/validator components. > > But basically, we cannot release 2.1 because of the second point. We need > to be sure that we only break BC for forms only once. So, we have two > options: > > * Wait for the form component to stabilize (which means that we are happy > with the state of the API and that enough people have played with it and > are happy with the features) > > * Release 2.1 as soon as possible (because we already have quite a few > nice enhancements). > > I thought that the second option was do-able by forking master and > reverting some PRs related to the form component (the ones that actually > break BC and are not stable yet because of some bugs or regressions -- > surprisingly, we are not talking about many of them). > > Many people think the contrary and so, I want to hear everybody's opinion > on this matter. > > Let me reiterate the two possibilities here: > > * Wait for the form component to stabilize: we can probably schedule 2.1 > for August 2012. In the meantime, we should concentrate on the form > component and delay other big changes that can affect the stability of the > release. > > * Release 2.1 as soon as possible. > > Whatever we choose, I want to next Symfony 2 releases to have shorter > release cycles (a bit like what I do with Twig); and for that to happen, we > need to keep BC as much as possible so that people can upgrade to new > versions without any fear. > > Fabien > > -- > Fabien Potencier > Sensio CEO - Symfony lead developer > sensiolabs.com | symfony.com | fabien.potencier.org > Tél: +33 1 40 99 80 80 > > -- > If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to > security at symfony-project.com > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "symfony developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > symfony-devs+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<symfony-devs%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/symfony-devs?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs?hl=en> > -- Julien Moulin - Chef de projet actif Mobile : 06.33.43.47.54 - Fixe : 09.50.13.67.80 - Fax : 09.55.13.67.80 Auto-entreprise - Siret : 523 295 293 00022 - APE : 6201Z -- If you want to report a vulnerability issue on symfony, please send it to security at symfony-project.com You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-devs?hl=en
