On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:03 AM, Dr. David Kirkby <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > 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.
If you can do a 5.0.1 reasonably quickly, I think that would be fine. If it drags on and starts taking weeks (or months!) that will *not* be fine. -- William > > 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 >> > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
