From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 07 2002 - 23:59:00 EDT
--- Blue Lizard <webmaster@dofty.zzn.com> wrote: >
Greetings.
> I would like to apply for the position of stable
> branch maintainer.
> Nothing would please me more than to contribute to
> abisource to the best
> of my ability, and I believe that this is a position
> I could handle. I
> think, though, my feelings differ from Martin's in
> one area. "Cajoling
> developers into helping backports of
> features/bugfixes if needed" (MS)
> -- I would expect very few if any feature backports.
> Possibly small
> impexp items, but not too much in the way of
> features.
I absolutely agree with this sentiment.
The whole premise of a stable version is that it
stays stable, in fact becomes *more* stable.
In general no new features should be admitted.
In practice, very minor new features which consist of
only a few lines could go in but nothing capable of
introducing new bugs that would require debugging
both versions.
Andrew Dunbar.
> Release coordination (including builds, press,
> timeline, regression
> tests) I can handle, as well as coordinating
> developers.
>
> Best regards
> -Mark Gilbert (MG)
>
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