[OpenLayers-Dev] maintenance releases

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Right, but not everybody is so proficient / handy ....

I've had quite a few people asking me lately when is OpenLayers 2.9 coming, since the last release was more than half a year ago.

Best regards,
Bart

On Feb 24, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Ivan Grcic wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:00 AM, Zac Spitzer <zac.spitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> i've always used trunk myself + plus some patches
>> 
> same here, trunk + patches on some apps (on some 2.8 + patches), so it
> got kinda little bit messy with time :)
> 
> cheers
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 5:21 AM, Christopher Schmidt
>> <crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 01:00:12PM -0600, Tim Schaub wrote:
>>>> Hey-
>>>> 
>>>> We periodically discuss releasing on a fixed schedule.  Though a few
>>>> releases have come close to sticking to a schedule, my impression is
>>>> that it has been a tough to pull off.  It is also my impression that the
>>>> release process feels onerous enough to enough people that we are
>>>> collectively avoiding it.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm interested in discussing doing more "maintenance" releases between
>>>> minor releases.  What exactly would change about the release process [1]
>>>> I'm not sure, but the goal would be to make it less work overall.
>>>> 
>>>> While this might seem extreme, I'm curious what people would think about
>>>> kicking out maintenance releases *without* going through the release
>>>> candidate cycle.  Taking this further, a maintenance release manager
>>>> could decide to stick to a schedule and release even if there were known
>>>> regressions.
>>>> 
>>>> While the result may be something of questionable value, I do think it
>>>> would bring some benefits.  My impression is that there are a lot of
>>>> people running applications off the trunk currently.  I also imagine a
>>>> fair number are running "sandbox" functionality or their own patched
>>>> versions.  Having more frequent releases would not be that much
>>>> different than pegging applications to a specific version of the trunk.
>>>>   I think all would agree this is safer than having an application run
>>>> off the head revision.
>>>> 
>>>> This would also have the benefit for contributors of more quickly seeing
>>>> their contribution in an official release - potentially encouraging more
>>>> contributions.
>>>> 
>>>> Obviously there would be details to work out about the process, but I
>>>> would suggest a pared down version of the major/minor release process -
>>>> with leeway for the maintenance release manager to decide on some
>>>> specifics (e.g. if all tests pass on this date, bump tickets, release,
>>>> and make notes about known issues).
>>>> 
>>>> Thoughts?
>>> 
>>> I'd be interested in what number of people are running applications off
>>> trunk. I'm sure that some of our contributors are -- for example, anyone
>>> who has written a patch is probably at least running with a version which
>>> includes their patch -- but my experience is that I don't see a lot of people
>>> asking for help who aren't running on 2.8 currently.
>>> 
>>> Generally, when I start seeing that change is when I start suggesting
>>> it's time for a release :)
>>> 
>>> I'm not against maintenance releases, though. When OpenLayers was under
>>> more rapid development, the longer process was more neccesary. Now that
>>> we're in a mostly static state -- minor features and bugfixes, rather than
>>> significant new core developments -- there's not as much risk to including
>>> most of the current changes to trunk in a release without a ton of testing.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> --
>>> Christopher Schmidt
>>> MetaCarta
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