From: Lachlan D. <lac...@gm...> - 2009-04-08 02:02:13
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On 08/04/2009, at 10:24 AM, Chuck Hill wrote: > On Apr 7, 2009, at 5:16 PM, Hugi Thordarson wrote: > >> I'm currently using "nightly" as a "release", at random intervals. I >> don't see how doing weekly "fake releases" is different. Nightly has >> been broken on more than one occasion. > > I think Anjo's concern (and I know mine) was that people reasonably > expect that _nightly_ _builds_ will be broken occasionally. That is > almost the definition of nightly build. I don't know that people would > have that same expectation with a "release" in a Maven repository. > And if they are produced every two weeks, that is a long time to wait > for a resolution. Just a concern about cron (as opposed to human) > driven builds, not an absolute reason to not do it. What!! I think we agree. :-) And for that very reason it would be a welcome improvement by having the wonder committers involved in the process... I think it would help by using major/minor versioning, as you say, for the sake of 'perception'. I'll say it again, however: this is a community service. There's nothing stopping anyone from releasing via maven to their own repo certain wonder builds. See Wonder/BUILD.txt with regards, -- Lachlan Deck |