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Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> On Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:13:34 -0700 |
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> Zac Medico <zmedico@g.o> wrote: |
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>> So, I'd like to create 2.1 branch that is closed to mostly anything |
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>> except regression fixes and release it as portage-2.1_rc1 this |
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>> Saturday. We can continue to do ~arch releases of the development |
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>> branch (2.2 or whatever it becomes) every 2 weeks. Does now seem |
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>> like a good time for this transition? Your feedback would be |
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>> appreciated. |
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> I'd like to hold off with the rc status until the manifest2 code got |
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> some public testing first in another pre release. I don't feel |
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> comfortable labeling 2.1 as "basically release ready" when only a dozen |
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> people have tested something that critical. |
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The manifest code doesn't have very many use cases so I'd expect that we would have hit most major problems by now (even with a small sample). Any necessary changes are likely to be small patches. As an alternative, we can cut the 2.1 branch at the point before manifest2 was merged (2.1_pre7, essentially). |
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> The remaining feature I'd like to get into 2.1 is the tree-format-check |
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> issue, but that could probably be slipped in in the rc phase (don't |
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> really like that idea, but it's an option). |
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I don't want to rush the development of new features such as manifest2 or the tree-format-check. We have a 2.1 branch that, in it's current state (2.1_pre7-r4, for example), provides significant benefits over the 2.0.x branch. By delaying 2.1's release for the addition of _new_ features, we run the risk of the release being delayed indefinitely by "just one more feature" syndrome. Personally, I'd rather have shorter release periods so that "just one more feature" syndrome becomes less of an issue. |
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