bzr 0.7 release candidate

[Martin Pool]

On  9 Jan 2006, "A.J. Rossini" <blindglobe at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/9/06, Robey Pointer <robey at lag.net> wrote:
> >
> > On 8 Jan 2006, at 20:10, Martin Pool wrote:
> >
> > > A couple of people have suggested that we move towards time-based
> > > releases for bzr.  I propose to start making releases candidates on
> > > around the first of each month.
> >
> > +1 :)
> >
> > robey
> 
> My only concern is that I'm using bzr VERY actively (since about 0.4)
> to try multiple projects -- it works great, and I'm happy with the
> "feature-based" release tendency.   If those features could be broken
> down into monthly steps (one can argue this is a "good thing") then
> +1.

It's a very reasonable concern.  To explain the plan a bit more: we're
not going to just throw things out every month, whether they're ready or
not.  We're going to keep to our double-review system, and make use of
bzr's ability to develop features on separate branches before they go
into the main branch, and with the policy of maintaining or increasing
test coverage.  So we'll try to keep the main branch always in a fairly
releasable state.  But beyond that there will be some human discretion
in exactly when it happens, and we will do release candidates to get
additional testing on other platforms and environments.

I think doing more frequent releases will get more testing and exposure,
and remind us to keep the main branch in a stable releasable state.

-- 
Martin
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