Ok, now that any doubts about my meta-april fool's joke are over, I'd like to sound out opinions about 2.14.
GOOD NEWS I think we've finally resolved our "technical debt" -- it's been a while since I've seen Critical issues that were introduced over a year ago. The remaining Critical issues are things that we introduced in the past 2-3 weeks. BAD NEWS On the bad side of things, we have Critical issues that we introduced in the past 2-3 weeks. If those bugs hadn't slipped in, then my April fool's joke might not have been a joke. ... wow, that would have been an even better meta-joke. Almost everybody would think it _was_ a prank, but then when it turned out that the binaries were actually there... lol, eh? :) CHOICE TIME For the past few months, I've been occupied with teaching, so I deliberately decided that I wouldn't jump up and down and try to get a stable release out. If it happened, it'd happen; if not, no worries. We had four release candidates, starting on 12 Jan until a few days ago. Development at the moment feels "comfortable". That's not necessarily a bad thing, of course! But I don't think that we're getting as much done as we _could_ be doing. I'm reminded of the dilemma faced by conductors of amateur orchestras (and probably choirs, theatrical groups, etc). Some people (such as myself) like a strict conductor who always demands their best; rehearsals are always stressful, but very productive and (to me) fulfilling. Other people prefer a relaxed atmosphere; they come to orchestra after a hard day's work, they haven't touched their instrument in the past week... but they have enough stress in their lives and certainly won't put up with a conductor yelling at them. Neither group is objectively "right"; it's simply a question of deciding what type of orchestra you want to have. In a similar way, I'm wondering how we want to approach the next few weeks. When somebody introduces a regression, should we frown at them (and maybe revert the bad commit), or just shrug and laugh? Should we try to have a "sprint" towards resolving the current crop of Critical issues and get 2.14 out the door, or just let it happen "when it happens"? I won't be making any releases from 09 May to 24 May, but I don't think we need to worry about a gap of 2 weeks for releases. Cheers, - Graham _______________________________________________ lilypond-devel mailing list lilypond-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-devel
