Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] DL 1.4 ?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

> Hi,
>
> Heiko Zuerker wrote:
>>>> I think there are still a few issues in 1.3, but we should be pretty
>>>> close
>>>> to production quality I would say.
>>> I vote (if we were voting :) that we turn 1.3 into 1.4 right now, and
>>> fix any new problems as they come up.
>>>
>>> We're not going to find all the current bugs until we call it "stable"
>>> and get more people using it.
>>>
>>> Plus applying changes/updates to both 1.2 and 1.3 is a real pain.  :-(
> Yes, it is not so easy to keep it synced, but I find out a "good strategy"
> - to
> update 1.3 and if it's ok to move  it to 1.2 :-) - a-la beta/stable
> branches.
> There is only one difficulty to not forget to move it to 1.2 after a hold.
> :-))
>
>>>
>>> At our current rate, kernel 2.8 will be out before DL 1.4.  ;-)
>>
>> Let's wait what Serge has to say, but I would be willing to release
>> 1.4-RC1 soon.
> I vote to fix all critical issues we were already informed about and
> produce
> 1.4-rc. Maybe it will be reasonable to freeze package update for some time
> because usually exactly it leads to new bugs.

We wouldn't be able to freeze all package updates, since we would at least
have to include the security ones.

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Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
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