On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 13:42:35 +0200
Giuliano Colla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With Lazarus I'm faced with a dilemma. I want to migrate to Lazarus
> Delphi/Kylix applications.
> For that I need a stable version to work with, even if I need many
> workarounds to solve problems still open.
>
> On the other hand I want to test the latest version, to follow the
> development and, within the limits of my time and my capabilities
> give as much contribution as possible.
>
> The svn version many times fixes bugs not detected at the time of an
> "official" release". But using the latest svn version for production
> is rather unwise: it's work in progress, so one day the image dialog
> freezes the IDE, one day the glyph on the speedbuttons disappear, one
> day fpgui doesn't compile, one day qt has wrong dependencies, and so
> on.
>
> Reading this list, it seems to me that many others face exactly the
> same problem.
> It would be nice if Lazarus could provide a "stable" branch, which
> starts with each "official" release, and it is only maintained by
> backporting bug fixes and/or "safe" small enhancements, leaving out
> all the developments for next release.
>
> I understand that this requires extra work, and developers are
> already quite busy doing their excellent job, therefore someone else
> should take care of maintaining such branch, leaving to the
> developers only the task of approving what should or shouldn't be
> done: it's their work so they must have the last word, of course.
>
> If the idea doesn't seem so stupid, and if nobody else more
> knowledgeable wants to undertake this task, I would gladly volunteer
> for it. While I'm unable to guarantee an effective contribution to
> the development for long periods of time, given my workload, I'm sure
> I can squeeze the time required for this job, if nobody else pops up.
>
> What do you guys think about it?
Great.
I'm just worried about bug reports. But IMO we should give it a try.
Mattias
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