Re: [glob2-devel] release policy

[Bradley Arsenault]

On 8/10/06, Leo Wandersleb <address@hidden> wrote:
> hi list
>
> to me it is bad practise to publicly announce a new release as soon as we 
> decided to release it. reasons:
> we regularly find bugs just after releasing
> release dates are when there is only source available. that's not enough for 
> our gamers community.
>
> i propose to make release versions ready and only announce the files on this 
> list and publicly announce it one week after the binaries for at least mac, 
> debian and windows have been completed. otherwise people come and see how it 
> goes and are frustrated as their platform doesn't run smoothly or because they 
> can't play against others as they have a different version.
>
> greetings, leo
>
>
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Well we can't stop people from being frustrated because they have
different versions and can't play together, and no amount of delays
will fix that. I do, however, agree that we should hold off a public
announcement untill the binaries are made. However, there should be a
limit, considereing how longs binaries for alpha 21 have taken to get
made. Sometimes maintainers are busy, and delaying a release for a
month because of this will get fustrating.

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Start and finish, Bradley Arsenault