on Mon Aug 18 2008, "Robert Ramey" <ramey-AT-rrsd.com> wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
Although it does look like we will be able to hold to a quarterly release schedule, it is really doubtful we have enough resources to issue point releases.
To get bug fixes into user's hands more quickly, should we provide hot fixes when appropriate?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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<deleted proposed procedure below> Your procedure --- more so than even Beman's original proposal which has some of the same characteristic --- seems to ignore many users' need for traditional point releases that are identical to a previous release except for critical bugfixes. I probably shouldn't be complaining since it's to my benefit that people need Boostpro's enterprise support contract in order to get that kind of update. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com