[development] Re: 18 critical bugs left

[Darrel O'Pry]

On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 16:51 -0500, Moshe Weitzman wrote:
> >>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

That is actually Derek's statement that is quoted...