Re: [ros-dev] Discussion: Release policy changes

Την Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:13:24 +0200,ο(η) Ged Murphy <gedmurphy(a)gmail.com>  
έγραψε:

>   On 12/9/06, Aleksey Bragin
> <aleksey(a)studiocerebral.com> wrote:
> >  
> >                  Hello,
> >  I'd like to hear opinions regarding the change in release policy.
> >
> >  The proposition:
> >  Release happens on a strict time basis, like once per month. That
> >  means, at the end of the month we look for the best revision inside
> >  this month (probably which is closer to the end of the month), branch
> >  from it, apply all fixes (if any), and release.
> >
> >  Disadvantage: a few coming releases' quality will be overall lower,
> >  there might be things like 0.3.25 (if release frequency is set too
> >  high, and this is not a disadvantage actually).
> >
> >  Advantages: in the long run quality goes up, more developers due to
> >  higher release rate, more publicity, people will finally realize it's
> >  an alpha product, more bugs reported, no signs of a dead project (I
> >  doubt there are healthy projects doing 1 release per year :)).
> >
> >  Any thoughts are appreciated. 
>  
This is exactly what is needed to get more developers interested in the  
project, plus, increased publicity equals more testing which can only be a  
good thing.

- Stephen A