Paul <pau...@aandc.org> wrote:
>At 12:15 AM 4/7/2013 +0200, Paul Poulain wrote: >[snip] >>The poll would have the following options : >> * keep 3. "forever" >> * keep the 3. until a major functional change is made, like >introducing >>a new search engine. The numbering change is decided by the Release >Manager. >> * drop the 3. and use 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, 16.0, 16.1,... >> * adopt a numbering style with YYYY-MM (2013-11, 2014-05, >2014-11,...) >>QUESTION TO THIS LIST, before the poll: for the YYY-MM style, how to >>number the maintaince releases ? > >[Based on Ubuntu, clearly announced ahead of time, predictable for >planning >purposes in the long term] the year/months are on a six month cycle >April/October: 12.04(LTS), 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, 14.04(LTS), 14.10 ... >etc. >[And for anyone wanting to be at the cutting edge there are beta and >alphas >leading up to the releases.] > >There are occasional "maintenance" releases in between, at least for >the >LTS releases -- e.g. at the moment, a year after 12.04 there is a >12.04.2(LTS) -- just a simple "dot digit" on the end, like Koha. But >it's >12.04 plus security patches only (for the server edition) with no >"enhancements." > >How many libraries using Koha really look at "new releases" every month >or >so? We are based on 3.8.5 which was state of the art when I put it into > >production six months ago. Koha is up to what? 3.8.11 plus 3.10.4 plus >3.12 >beta plus 3.14 in the offing. And my system isn't even a "current >stable >release" any more ... > >Maybe the *numbering* of releases is less important than the *number* >of >releases? Would more time for testing and Q.A. lead to a more stable >platform, say on a six monthly basis? Would it tempt more libraries to >examine enhancements? ... and please, these are just questions, >certainly >not criticism. We only ever release enhancements every 6 months. The monthly releases are purely bug fixes. What you describe is what we do, 6 monthly feature releases. And yes 3.8.11 is 3.8.5 plus 6 months of bugfixes. As 3.8.5 was 3.8.0 plus 5 months of bug fix releases. Maybe you have just misunderstood the current system. Chris > >Best - Paul > >--- >Maritime heritage and history, preservation and conservation, >research and education through the written word and the arts. ><http://NavalMarineArchive.com> and <http://UltraMarine.ca> > >_______________________________________________ >Koha-devel mailing list >Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org >http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel >website : http://www.koha-community.org/ >git : http://git.koha-community.org/ >bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/ _______________________________________________ Koha-devel mailing list Koha-devel@lists.koha-community.org http://lists.koha-community.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel website : http://www.koha-community.org/ git : http://git.koha-community.org/ bugs : http://bugs.koha-community.org/
