Also an issue when only one person has access to said clones. -- Thadeus
On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:04 AM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote: > Yarko created it and used to maintain it. That is is the problem with > having too many clones in different places. Venetually they get out of > sync. > > Massimo > > On Dec 27, 9:50 am, Bruno Rocha <rochacbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a web2py clone in bitbucket (updated 16 months ago) > > > > https://bitbucket.org/mdipierro/web2py/overview > > > > <https://bitbucket.org/mdipierro/web2py/overview>Just needs to update > this > > repository > > > > 2010/12/27 R. Strusberg <strusb...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > 2010/12/24 ron_m <ron.mco...@gmail.com>: > > > > I for one am happy with the current release cycle. It is a good > balance > > > > between new features and the ultimate stability of release 1.XX.N > where > > > N > > > > is the last version before XX+1 for example. The nightly build is a > bit > > > of a > > > > misnomer, many projects (C or C++ mostly) have some automated process > > > that > > > > takes trunk and compiles it to produce a .tar.gz labelled nightly > which > > > > "might" work. For web2py we should just hg pull; hg update to achieve > > > that > > > > result. The nightly for web2py is more like a beta because Massimo > hand > > > > picks code from trunk that will or will not be in the nightly which > could > > > > really be a weekly. > > > > > > I am currently developing the application I am working on and testing > is > > > > easy enough that I test trunk at least daily. The web2py server is > quite > > > > easy to use but the code in some places is complicated and has many > > > possible > > > > use cases. It is only through exposure out to the user base that a > large > > > > number of use cases of the code get tested. I have even seen problems > > > > reported where something was fixed but used by maybe one person in a > way > > > > that should not have worked resulting in the dreaded bug that worked > and > > > > became a useful feature for someone. > > > > > > Once I go to production I will probably move the releases a lot > slower > > > > through the installed base. In fact I have 2 beta production systems > up > > > now > > > > and only push a new web2py when I push a new version of the > application > > > to > > > > the stakeholders to look at. > > > > > > Massimo provides a fantastic service with the web2py project and I > would > > > not > > > > like to see him stifled by a load of process. Anyone that has time to > > > test > > > > will definitely help the quality, if you don't have time, that is > okay > > > too. > > > > I personally don't mind doing some release management between where > > > Massimo > > > > is burning the midnight oil and what I let out into the production > > > systems I > > > > have/will manage. The product is alive with new features and bug > fixes > > > > sometimes occur in minutes once reported. That is worth a lot. > > > > > > Ron > > > > -- > > > > Bruno Rochahttp://about.me/rochacbruno/bio >
