Re: [Tcllib-devel] any thoughts on tcllib release?

[Aaron F <ro...@fe...>]

I think it would be great to see regularly scheduled releases of tcllib. Tklib should always have a release (or be included) at the same time. Twice a year seems like a good number. At least it would give the impression that work is going on, since people are less likely to use what they consider abandoned code. And if a release is scheduled ahead of time then there is plenty of time to notify developers of feature freeze and time for bug fixes.

--Aaron

----- Original message -----
From: "Andreas Kupries" <and...@ac...>
To: "Arjen Markus" <arj...@wl...>, <tcl...@li...>
Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:06:52 -0700
Subject: Re: [Tcllib-devel] any thoughts on tcllib release?

> >Andreas Kupries wrote:
> >>> I was just over at http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcllib/ and was
> >>> looking at the release announcements. In 2000, 4 releases of Tcllib
> >>> occurred. In 2001, 2 releases, in 2002, 2 releases, in 2003, 1
> >>> release, in 2004, 2 releases, and in 2005, 1 release. Is there any
> >>> thought of how many Tcllib releases, and when, would occur during
> >>> 2006?
> >
> >> I definitely want to do one release just before the conference. I am
> >> not sure if we will have the time to make a release before that. If
> >> we want to do that we will likely have to start on it now.
> >
> >On the subject of bug fixes: I try to check from time to time if new
> >bugs or requests have turned up for the modules I feel responsible
> >for. But this is not a very systematic activity, I am afraid, and I
> >guess many developers do it like that.
> 
> > A concerted action to clean up
> 
> Such concerted actions usually happen just before a release.
> 
> >the list of open bugs is a good incentive to be more pro-active.
> 
> 
> >On the subject of new modules: I have at least one module that I would
> >like to see in the next release - my diagram drawing stuff.
> 
> This is more tklib, not tcllib. Still, tklib needs a new release as well, right.
> 
> > The code
> >is more or less ready, it needs to be cleaned up a bit and there needs
> >to be a proper manual, but that is doable within the current
> >timescale. (I am thinking of another one too, but that is not
> >available in easily distributable, electronic form yet, just as a
> >pattern of neuron bindings, or whatever is molecularly going on in my
> >head ;)).
> 
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>         Andreas Kupries <and...@Ac...>
>         Developer @ http://www.ActiveState.com
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