[Geany-Devel] Geany Releases

[Lex Trotman]

On 3 April 2014 17:31, Enrico Tröger <enrico.troeger at uvena.de> wrote:
> On 01/04/14 00:49, Lex Trotman wrote:
>> Since we are about to produce a new release I propose a change to the
>> Geany workflow.
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>> More regular releases.
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>> Acknowledging that Geany hasn't the number of contributors that say
>> firefox has, monthly would seem too often, so instead I propose an 8
>> week schedule:
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>> - week 4 feature freeze, alpha release for testing
>> - week 6 string freeze, beta release for testing
>> - week 7 release candidate
>> - week 8 THE RELEASE!!!
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>> Then we don't need to be so careful about changes, because problems
>> only last for a couple of months until the next release, and since
>> only a few new features will be added each release nobody will feel
>> that they have lost much if they have to downgrade due to bugs.
>>
>> I therefore propose that the eight week period should start today April 1.
>
> Yeah, very great idea. And of course we must do the same for Geany-Plugins!
>

Oh, I wouldn't *DARE* tell that to Frank.  :-D

So better drop the whole idea :)

Cheers
Lex


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> Muhahaha, well done Lex. Nice one :).
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> Regards,
> Enrico
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