[development] Module developers, please do *proper* releases !
Gregory 'guardian' Pakosz
guardian at pempek.net
Mon Feb 18 11:54:50 UTC 2008
Victor Kane wrote:
> Open source golden rule: ready when ready
>
i don't see it as a matter of urging developers to code faster
however, it may be good practice to do more stable releases typically
when majors bugs are fixed instead of having both bug fixes and new
features in dev releases: because those new features are likely to
introduce other bugs
of course, this requires more work and process for the module maintainer
since it means working with branches, fixing in branches as well, and
also still have HEAD where upcoming features and major refactorings are put
to sum it up, ready when ready still applies
and said in a vulgar way, open source is not the excuse for being
messy/lazy/careless - because although it's open source and you're doing
it in you spare time etc, you have responsibilities towards your user base
my2c :)
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