On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Dmitriy Lyubimov <dlie...@gmail.com>wrote:
> I guess i still prefer 0.6.1 for maintenance releases (esp. given the > short cycle). > > Another supporting argument against even/odd scheme is that this > naming doesn't really reflect the actual level of product maturity > (e.g. 1.0 this way ends being a "new-feature-being-unstable-beta"? > whereas in reality 1.0 is being read as "wow, it's one rock-solid > production grade " by most conventions out there. > no, 0.10, 0.11, 0.12 can still exist, and we don't get to 1.0 until we wish to, and as a major version has been bumped, has different connotations to the minor number convention. -jake > > -d > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Geek Gamer <geek4...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Odd / Even releases for cleanup maintenance vs feature additions looks > great. > > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 8:58 PM, John Conwell <j...@iamjohn.me> wrote: > >> I think it sounds like a good idea. > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:24 AM, Jake Mannix <jake.man...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> On recent threads on the dev@ list, and discussions off-list, it's > pretty > >>> clear that we need to have "cleanup" be a priority for the next > release. > >>> > >>> How about this for a formal proposal: > >>> > >>> > >>> - The 0.7 release will have issues (both new and on JIRA) be > primarily > >>> focused on bugfixes / cleanup / API-refactoring / etc, with "new > >>> feature"-work only coming in when it's been pushed off for too long, > and > >>> is > >>> close to completion. > >>> - All non-"cleanup" items will still be tracked and discussed, but > >>> JIRA-tickets related to them will be marked 0.8 at the earliest, and > they > >>> won't be committed until 0.7 goes out. > >>> > >>> > >>> If we're able to wrap this release up cleanly and get quickly moving > on to > >>> new features again, maybe we can try this on a more regular basis, with > >>> even releases being feature-work, and odd releases being maintenance > and > >>> cleanup (and hopefully having much shorter turnaround time). > >>> > >>> What say ye? > >>> > >>> -jake > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Thanks, > >> John C >
