Jason Grout wrote:
On 03/08/2010 12:26 PM, Robert Bradshaw wrote:
If you want a stabilization release, volunteer to be a release manager
(perhaps partnering with someone else) and only merge "safe" bug fixes.
I don't thing anyone would complain, as long as the release cycle wasn't
too long so that people knew their code their new code could still get
in in a timely manner. If you don't have time for this, I totally
understand, as I don't either.
+1. We can talk all we want, but in the end, the person that volunteers
is the one that gets things done, at least in an open-source project.
Well, I'll be willing to do a 5.0.1 (bug fix only), if Minh can help me. Also it
would need William's agreement too, which I doubt it would get. William seems
pretty keen on the 'release early, release often' approach.
Nick Alexander has also made it very clear it would discourage him from
contributing when he is told in advance his changes will not be incorporated in
the usual manner.
If someone was to volunteer to do a bug-fix only release, I certainly
wouldn't complain that my patches didn't get in for another 2-3 weeks
(well, if I did complain, and it really mattered enough to me, I'd
practically be signing up to do a feature-release a few days after the
bug-fix only release :).
Thanks,
Jason
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