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Re: attention: prepare for bug-fix release 1.2.2


From: Christian Schulte (schulte@comp.nus.edu.sg)
Date: Thu Sep 20 2001 - 12:12:48 CEST


I agree 100% with what Kostja suggests: bug-fix releases are bug-fix only
releases.

Christian

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Christian Schulte, http://www.ps.uni-sb.de/~schulte/

----- Original Message ----- From: "Konstantin Popov" <kost@sics.se> To: <hackers@mozart-oz.org> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:02 PM Subject: Re: attention: prepare for bug-fix release 1.2.2

> > > > pvr@info.ucl.ac.be (Peter Van Roy) writes: > > > > > > > I'd like to make QTk be available by default in the system. > > > > Donatien can do all the mechanics and he will be responsible for > > > > this part. Is it still possible before 1.2.2? I hope so because I > > > > am teaching a course using Mozart as the platform & I would like to > > > > make it as easy as possible for the students. In any case, I think > > > > that it should be done, why not now. > > > > > > It's of course easy to do. However, I have 2 concerns: > > > > > > * It is not a bug-fix. If QTk is to be included in the distribution, > > > this should probably happen with a full release. > > > > The idea is to have it directly available early. It doesn't have to > > be documented until the next full release. There is a HCI research group > > at UCL that wants to use Mozart for experiments in context-sensitive user > > interfaces, and I would like them to see a single system instead of bits > > and pieces. > to my eyes, this would mean one has to prepare a dedicated "feature" > release. I strongly support the position that a bug-fix release > deals only with bug fixes. > > [ ] > > Cheers, > > --- Kostja. > - > Please send submissions to hackers@mozart-oz.org > and administriva mail to hackers-request@mozart-oz.org. > The Mozart Oz web site is at http://www.mozart-oz.org/. >

- Please send submissions to hackers@mozart-oz.org and administriva mail to hackers-request@mozart-oz.org. The Mozart Oz web site is at http://www.mozart-oz.org/.



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