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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> If you can't tell, I am somewhat experimentally trying to improve our
> release process. I'm not sure that the release processes that work for
> traditional software development in companies work in open source. In
> fact, I'm pretty sure they do not. So I think we should have some
> discussion about this, and be open to different strategies for arriving at
> very high quality software when a general availability release is made. I
> don't want to drag things out too long, but when someone takes an Apache
> Xalan release, they should be very confident that it is at least as stable,
> and hopefully more so, than comparitive offerings from either other open
> source venues or proprietary company offerings. To develop this reputation
> should be our #1 goal, and is a primary challenge for open source
> development.
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I don't think that the Open Source way of releasing software is any better or
worse than they way large (sometimes proprietary) companies release software.
Both have advantages and if you have the resources, it is really nice to take
the advantages from both and leave behind the problems.
IE.. Do allow feedback from your users as to a potential release and also run
regression tests and QA. This last step is often neglected by smaller Open
Source projects due to lack of resources.
Kevin
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