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Subject: | RE: setup goals |
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Date: | Thu, 9 May 2002 21:19:55 +1000 |
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From: | "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> |
To: | "John Marshall" <johnm AT falch DOT net>, <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com> |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: John Marshall [mailto:johnm AT falch DOT net] > Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:09 PM > To: cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: setup goals > > > On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 01:14:35AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > > I thought I'd make the setup design and coding and make > goals clear in > > one place - I don't think it's been done recently. > [...] > > Second to last, patches to 'release' branches, such as > setup-200205, > > will only ever be for critical bug fixes, not for UI > enhancements and > > the like. > > To understand this rule, it would be good to know how often > HEAD becomes the production release version. Obviously the > answer is "when it's ready", but can you give an idea of > intention? How much work tends to be bitten off at once? A > couple of months worth, perhaps? Ideally, around once a month. Pragmatically it seems to be ~3-4 months. Rob
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