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On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:16:09 +0200 |
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Jeroen Roovers <jer@g.o> wrote: |
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Disclaimer: I'm not really a package maintainer anymore. |
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> 1) How do you feel when you receive an early version bump request? |
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I guess like with most people it depends |
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a) If I'm already aware of the new version, or would have noticed it |
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myself very soon I'd get a bit annoyed by them |
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b) How the request is worded. Is it a demand "$foo has been released 5 |
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minutes ago, why isn't it in the tree yet?!?"), or just a friendly |
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notification, possibly including helpful hints about changes (new deps |
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or configure options for example). |
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c) The nature of the release. If the release is "important" (e.g. |
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because it contains fixes for security or data corruption issues, or |
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problems affecting many users) then I'm more likely to appreciate an |
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early notification. |
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> 2) If you had your way, would you discourage users from filing early |
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> version bump requests? |
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Not in general, only if they are worded in some way offensive or don't |
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contain useful information. But that applies to almost any bug report. |
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Marius |
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