Re: [HACKERS] Mega-commits to "stable" version

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Hannu Krosing wrote:

> Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> > 
> > > Is anyone else disturbed by wholesale changes to what is supposed to
> > > be a stable release?
> > > I am sure Marc will say these are low-risk changes --- but they're not
> > > *no* risk, because there is always a chance of propagating part of
> > > some other change that you didn't want, or failing to propagate all
> > > of the change you did want.  And how much testing will the modified
> > > 6.5.x code get before it gets published as a stable version?
> 
> Maybe we should do a 6.5.2beta before the real 6.5.2 so that people are 
> warned and know what to expect? 

Should always have at least a 1 week beta before a minor-minor release,
no?

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
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