On 9/13/10, Christian Ohm wrote: > So how long would this bugfix 2.3 live? Until 2.5 is done, and then 2.4 is > fixes only? By what criteria will the jump to 2.5 happen?
I am not really sure what the new criteria will be required for a major version bump. Is it netcode ? Gfx ? Lobby code ? Other ? Dunno. > How about doing 2.3.5.x releases for bugfixes only instead? So for example we > (finally) branch 2.3.5 now (and immediately push CorvusCorax's projectile > fixes > in 2.3 for 2.3.6), tag (hopefully no more) RCs from it, the release, and the > 2.3.5.x fixes. > I can live with this. > I realise that half of it is just naming, but the other thing is that we > currently use .warzone2100-2.3 as config folder, and I don't think most > planned > additions will break something in it (and I don't think reusing the 2.3 > folder > for 2.4 is a good idea). I think my proposal should work out about the same > as > yours, just with less disturbance both for users and in SVN. I don't think the config folder is that big of a deal personally, I have tons of them :) If need be, the installer could offer to copy the stuff over, or tell users to copy stuff over. > (Well, and there's the question of how well the bugfix only thing will work > out, I remember both the 2.2 and 2.3 jumps, and though both times there was > some interest in keeping the old line alive in parallel for a while, in the > end > only the new version was released.) This is true as well, and since we always lack the manpower to do the upkeep that is required, it is possible the same thing will happen with the purposed 2.3.5.x branch. We are going to end up with 3 testing versions, one for trunk (new features + bug fixes), one for 2.X (new features + bug fixes), and one for 2.3.5.x (bug fixes). It might not always be possible to just do testing in 2.X, since the new feature might skew the results. The other issue is the "testing" link on the FP, if we go with the above, then we should point it to a wiki page, where we can edit the 3 testing versions more easily. I guess we can hold off a few more days, to get more input from the MIA devs. :) _______________________________________________ Warzone-dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/warzone-dev
