Dependencies in the PPA for Jaunty

[Aaron Bentley]

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Gary van der Merwe wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Aaron Bentley<aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:
> I agree with that, but there needs to be some process to get key
> plugins released at the same time.  Maybe we only need to do this for
> final releases, and not for rc releases. Then we can tell users, if
> you install a rc, you are probably going to have broken plugins, so if
> you don't want that, wait until the final comes out.

I recommend doing a release, or at least a release candidate, of your
plugin right after the bzr RC comes out.  bzrlib API changes after an RC
are extremely rare, and you can still do a point release if needed.

> When we do a final release, I feel we should have the following done
> before any public targeted release announcements go out:
> 
> * Have compatible versions of plugins out.

Well, not in such a way that it delays the release.

> * Have key installers done, eg debs in the ppa, Windows installers out, etc..

This is awkward.  On the one hand, it's bad to tell people there's a
release if it's not ready for them.  On the other, it's bad to delay
telling people there's a release when it's already ready for them.

Aaron
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