[Opensim-dev] Preparing for OpenSimulator 0.8

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Yes, that would be one alternative.  But to emphasise, I'm only asking for a common-sense approach to avoid 
destabilising master right now, not a blanket ban on commits or anything like that.

On 02/04/14 02:45, Michael Emory Cerquoni wrote:
> +1 no disagreement here! anyone who wants to get crazy can do so in a new branch for now?
>
> On Apr 1, 2014 9:42 PM, "Justin Clark-Casey" <jjustincc at googlemail.com <mailto:jjustincc at googlemail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi folks.  For the past 3 years, we've had a significant OpenSimulator release at about 4 to 8 month intervals.
>
>     As the last major release (0.7.6) was in September 2013, we are due for another, and this seems like a reasonable
>     point.  From my perspective, releases drive a very significant level of OpenSimulator adoption.  It's also the case
>     that I may have a limited window of time to act as release manager, after which things may get very busy for me for
>     an extended period.
>
>     There was some disagreement over how the last release was handled, particularly over the period when I asked that
>     developers take care to leave master stable.  However, it's quite hard for me to see how this could be done in
>     another way without significantly more manpower.  Even when the release is branched, if the release branch and
>     master diverge significantly (or master is broken) then a lot of the testing done by users is lost - very few people
>     actually pick up and test release candidates.
>
>     So unless there is disagreement, I'm going to ask that people take care to keep master stable until the end of April
>     or release, whichever occurs first.  This certainly does not mean a halt to development on master, it's just a
>     request that people take a common sense approach to holding off from putting in destabilising or very complicated
>     changes for a while, unless these are to fix significant bugs or regressions.
>
>     I'm very happy to hear alternatives, though I would also need people to help if they involve more work.  In any
>     case, Robert has very kindly volunteered to look at some of the current regressions but more help is always very
>     welcome.
>
>     The current regressions or very major bugs have a 0.8 target in Mantis.  As with every release so far, only major
>     regressions are guaranteed to receive some sort of attention, where the answer may still be WONTFIX for this release.
>
>     Regards,
>
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