+1 On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Luis Díaz <diazluis2...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > 2010/12/24 ron_m <ron.mco...@gmail.com> >> >> I for one am happy with the current release cycle. It is a good balance >> between new features and the ultimate stability of release 1.XX.N where N >> is the last version before XX+1 for example. The nightly build is a bit of a >> misnomer, many projects (C or C++ mostly) have some automated process that >> takes trunk and compiles it to produce a .tar.gz labelled nightly which >> "might" work. For web2py we should just hg pull; hg update to achieve that >> result. The nightly for web2py is more like a beta because Massimo hand >> picks code from trunk that will or will not be in the nightly which could >> really be a weekly. >> >> I am currently developing the application I am working on and testing is >> easy enough that I test trunk at least daily. The web2py server is quite >> easy to use but the code in some places is complicated and has many possible >> use cases. It is only through exposure out to the user base that a large >> number of use cases of the code get tested. I have even seen problems >> reported where something was fixed but used by maybe one person in a way >> that should not have worked resulting in the dreaded bug that worked and >> became a useful feature for someone. >> >> Once I go to production I will probably move the releases a lot slower >> through the installed base. In fact I have 2 beta production systems up now >> and only push a new web2py when I push a new version of the application to >> the stakeholders to look at. >> >> Massimo provides a fantastic service with the web2py project and I would >> not like to see him stifled by a load of process. Anyone that has time to >> test will definitely help the quality, if you don't have time, that is okay >> too. I personally don't mind doing some release management between where >> Massimo is burning the midnight oil and what I let out into the production >> systems I have/will manage. The product is alive with new features and bug >> fixes sometimes occur in minutes once reported. That is worth a lot. >> >> Ron >> >> > > > > -- > Díaz Luis > TSU Analisis de Sistemas > Universidad de Carabobo > http://web2pyfacil.blogspot.com/ > Facultad de Odontología >
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