Re: [Motion-user] Are we ready for a new release?

[Peter S. <pet...@ut...>]

5 days straight, 3 net cams...  Still looks happy.  Haven't lost one 
yet.  Usually, by this time, with 3.1.19 I would have lost one..

P

Peter Smith wrote:

> Oops, I mean I'll be installing the latest snap of 3.1.20...  
> Actually, already done.  Seems OK so far.
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> Peter Smith wrote:
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>> Alright, I'll be installing 3.1.19, the latest snap, on my home 
>> machine...  It has been running the latest stable, non-snap, 3.1.19 
>> for quite a while now--the only problem is the every-now-and-then 
>> loss of a network camera (netcam problem?) ..  There is no error when 
>> this happens, so it is difficult to detect.  I either use tethereal 
>> and watch the requests, or I use the nph-mjgrab and if a cam doesn't 
>> display then it's time to restart motion.  Have you given any thought 
>> to producing a "3.1.20pre1"?  That would basically communicate the 
>> fact that you're lining up a new release.
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>> P
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>> Kenneth Lavrsen wrote:
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>>> I want to share my thoughts and hear your oppinions.
>>>
>>> It has been some time since the last release of Motion.
>>>
>>> There has been many snap releases. More than ever before.
>>>
>>> Version 3.2.1 has many nice new features. But many users - 
>>> especially those that just pass by Sourceforge and do not follow 
>>> this mailing list - only see 3.1.19. 3.2.1 introduces so many nice 
>>> new features and it seems pretty stable now with V4L cameras and 
>>> most of the Netcams that do not have strange implementations of 
>>> mjpeg. There is still issues with the Netcam code and these issues 
>>> will be resolved as people's time allows it.
>>>
>>> Making a release is also a signal that the http API is considered 
>>> stable and will not dramatically change. I think we got it right and 
>>> in my oppinion it is a great improvement from the xmlrpc interface 
>>> because any newbie can now control Motion with a standard browser.
>>>
>>> Version 3.1.20 is still alive. Only bug fixes are going into 3.1.20 
>>> and I do not expect many more releases on 3.1.20. The netcam code is 
>>> almost the same in the two releases and bug fixes for 3.2.1 will be 
>>> ported to 3.1.20 if possible. It is my evaluation that 3.1.20 as of 
>>> today is more stable than 3.1.19.
>>>
>>> So I propose that we give the releases a last scrub of resolving 
>>> bugs over the weekend and do official releases of both 3.2.1 and 
>>> 3.1.20 next week.
>>>
>>> Kenneth
>>>
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