Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: Release Schedule
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 08:55:23 CDT
On Sun, 3 Jun 2001, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2001, Dom Lachowicz wrote:
> >I propose that this release be called "0.90" furthermore I suggest we have
> >a one week bug hunting exercise after a new features freeze, where we do
> >nothing but look for and fix stupid bugs.
>
> Why are we jumping from 7 all the way to 90, and why are we using an even
> number before 1.0?
>
Way back in the mists of time the SourceGear guys worked out a numbering
scheme which I believe we should still follow.
Even numbers refer to "Stable" releases odd numbers are unstable. AbiWord
version 0.70 was the first version for which the SourceGear guys released
binaries.
The idea of the 0.9x series is that no new features are added (or at least
very few). We spend all our energy fixing bugs instead. At some point
after starting the 0.9x series (starting with 0.90) we decide we've fixed
enough bugs and we call the build 1.0. After 1.0 is released no new
features are added. We make point releases 1.01, 1.02, 1.03 which
correspond to new bugfixes or new platforms supported.
New features are added to the 1.1 series. The idea is that people who want
the features available in the 1.0 AbiWord and aren't interested in in
bleeding edge can be sure of getting a really solid, stable application.
We developers on the hand can go ahead and have fun breaking stuff by
adding tables, frames, maths, background images, embedded graphs and
spreadsheets in the 1.1 series which will eventually become stable version
1.2.
1.0 is the start not the end of Abi. I'm really looking forward to hacking
on 1.1 :-)
BTW I think we should make weekly releases for the 0.9x series. The whole
point of the 0.9x series is to squash bugs. We want lots of people to be
out there torturing abi in every conceivable shape and form to find as
many bugs as possible.
Cheers
Martin
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