From: Andrew Dunbar (hippietrail@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Apr 25 2002 - 23:08:49 EDT
--- Mike Nordell <tamlin@algonet.se> wrote: > Paul
Rohr wrote:
> > Discovering bad bugs at step 3 is a clear
> indicator that the release was
> > *not*, in fact, ready for prime time.
>
> Indeed. Would it be feasible to create a "test"
> release before major
> releases? It would obviously be a greater burden for
> all, and it would
> probably create "test2" and so on releases, but it
> would probably iron out
> the "obvious" bugs.
Shouldn't we just be creating a branch/fork directly
after the tag? New stuff would go into the new
branch/
fork, keeping the original branch/fork nice and clean
for when we find the big showstopper bugs.
Andrew Dunbar.
> Since I really don't know how much effort goes into
> a full release-cycle
> it's possible this idea is in reality not possible.
>
> /Mike - please don't cc
>
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