On Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:31:14 +0200
Vincent Snijders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gaertner schreef:
> > 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 like the idea, especially because you are volunteering to do the
> job.
>
> > I'm just worried about bug reports. But IMO we should give it a try.
>
> Mattias, what do you mean by this? Do you think there might be
> confusion about which version is used, if people submit bug reports?
Yes. Same as for every new flavour of lazarus.
> Or do you think we should only accept bug reports for released
> version and the development version, but not for the fixes branch?
IMO we should accept them.
Mattias
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