Last time we ended up making a release candidate which isolated a couple of final issues. Maybe this is a symptom and maybe it points in the direction of an interesting idea. New code is checked in and tested in the development tree just as it is now. Regression testing and everything remains exactly as it is. Code that documents all test failures and is considered ready for release is moved to the Release Candidate tree. The exact same regression testing setup used on the development tree is used here. Presumably, it would be run much less as things would only be checked in when thought to be perfect which is an infrequent occurrence. Developers develop against the Release Candidate tree. When they have something they like, the check into the Main Development tree as they do now. Traffic on the main development tree is the same as it is now. The Release Candidate Tree should be ready for "shipment" at any convenient time. This basically should consist of assignation of a version number to the tree state. It would not be or scheduled event dramatic event. It could happen as frequently as is convenient. Of course a test failure on the RC tree would be dramatic event. The check in causing such an event could be cast from the RC Tree (Heaven) back into the Main Development Tree (Purgatory) and the author would suffer the attendant embarrassment. Hopefully this would be an infrequent event. I realize that I haven't personally had a library go through the release process so feel free to ignore this idea. Robert Ramey