Discussion on 4.2.1 update frequency

[Alexandre Sorokine]

Hi All!

I am totally for option a (frequent updates) but would prefer patches
instead of downloading full code. This proved to be the best model for
the free-source software (for some insights see this wonderful article
by Eric S. Raymond
http://earthspace.net/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/index.html). I
understand that there will be users preferring not to bother themselves
with weekly updates but they can apply sets of patches at their
connivance.

Technically there are many ways to manage frequent updates. For example,
we can follow Mozilla's path and establish somewhere anonymous read-only
CVS server with GRASS source tree.

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