[development] Re: 18 critical bugs left

[Moshe Weitzman]

>>1) no one should go off closing 4.6 issues just because the bug has
>>   been fixed in 4.7 ;)
>>
>>2) we should all be clear what the policy really is.  i think it can
>>   be summarized as:
>>
>>   - new features only happen in a development release, no matter
>>     what.
>>
>>   - bugs are fixed in all branches where they can be reasonably
>>     fixed, if someone does the work to create and test the patches
>>     and the core committers agree it's worth the trouble.
> 
> 
> - bugs should be fixed in a way that does not require database changes. Only 
> for security issues we allow minimal changes in the database.
> 
> Or am I wrong?
> 
> Bèr

darrel's statement is as clear as can be, and dries has confirmed it. 
lets not restart the discussion. i'm guessing ber hasn't finished 
reading the thread.