From: Kouhei S. <ko...@co...> - 2008-10-25 01:55:06
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hi, In <dc3...@ma...> "Re: [ruby-gnome2-devel-en] Gdk::GC" on Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:40:36 +0200, "Guillaume Cottenceau" <gco...@gm...> wrote: > >> I propose something to increase release quality: when you are ready > >> for a new release, release it > >> as as release candidate, something like 0.19.0rc1, and tell in this > >> list (or in a new dedicated list) that > >> all people writing rg2 applications do test again their application. > >> After one week, for example, we can > >> release 0.19.0 if no problems were reported. Hopefully, it might help > >> isolating regressions (but it needs > >> not to become months of delay as release candidate as 0.17.0 this summer!). > > > > We will use odd release number as development release from > > the next 0.19.x release. OK? > > Why not, though I think it will not improve release quality, as my > proposal could. We don't have a space for 'rcX'. (We only have RBGLIB_{MAJOR,MINOR,MICRO}_VERSION.) > For example, 0.18.1 maybe has some more important bug. > Developers don't always test their applications with latest HEAD > code.. I couldn't understand why RC style releasing can fix the problem but odd release number as development releasing (GTK+'s release style) cannot fix the problem. stable release: 0.18.0 -> 0.18.1 -> ............. -> 0.20.0 development release: 0.19.0 -> 0.19.1 -> ... -> 0.19.x ^ trunk: ^ .....^ ........^......^ ................. I think if we say "0.19.x will be 0.20.0 if no problem" in 0.19.x release announce, we will get same benefit of RC style releasing. Did I misunderstand what you mean...? > >> That makes me think: why not adding a new page "rg2 applications" on > >> rg2 website, linking to all rg2 > >> applications? It might help publicize rg2 because we see it's actually > >> used for real programs! > > > > If you can maintain the list, you can crate a page for that > > in the Hiki. > > I can do that. I've created the page and listed in the Contents > section of the Frontpage > > http://ruby-gnome2.sourceforge.jp/hiki.cgi?Applications Thanks!!! > Maybe it could be linked also from the left menu bar? Please do! Thanks, -- kou |