On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > > If the 'bugs' aren't something new we created since v6.4.2, leave them
> > > > alone...would be nice to fix them, but nobody expected them to work to
> > > > date, so leavign it for v6.6 (or even a v6.5.1) is acceptable...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Isn't minor bugfixing in 6.5.1 a no-no. We only do major fixes in those
> > > minor releases, right?
> >
> > *raised eyebrow* Wouldn't minor-bugfixing be "safer" then major ones?
> >
>
> I thought we only fixed must-fix bugs in minor releases because there
> was too much of a risk that any fix will break too many things, and
> there is little testing of minor releases, so we fix as few things as
> possible.
sorry, heat was hitting me over here :) minor releases are meant to fix
things like 'it doesn't quite install cleaning on X platform', where the
fix is harmless...
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
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