On 23.08.2016 at 17:03, Ferenc Kovacs wrote:
> personally I think that we are in general too lenient with allowing BC
> breaks in 7.1 (even though that I somehow expected this and was arguing for
> a longer release cycle for 7.0 or at least having a clear roadmap for the
> next major version) and we should be more strict about it otherwise we will
> lose the trust we gained from the userland in the last couple of years with
> our release process and versioning.
I agree that we should have a plan for the roadmap to the next major
release. Otherwise many might be afraid that it takes ten years again,
and therefore might be more inclined to accept BC breaks in a minor
version ("better a BC now, than to wait too long for the improvement").
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Christoph M. Becker
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