RE: [PHP-QA] Re: [PHP-DEV] 4.2.3

As soon as Dan K signals that the patch-backporting phase is over (should happen by tomorrow or the next day; he's coordinating with other backporters), we'll get started. Zeev At 23:30 18/08/2002, Xavier Spriet wrote:

Okay then... let's start up the QA process whenever you guys are ready and I'll test as much as I can on 2 of our developement machines, one on linux the other one on SPARC 64. I'll start as soon as the process is ignited. Let's get to work and give it some momentum ;)

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Edin Kadribasic [mailto:edink@proventum.net]
        Sent: Sun 18/08/2002 4:21 PM
        To: Xavier Spriet; Zeev Suraski
        Cc: derick@php.net; php-dev@lists.php.net; php-qa@lists.php.net
        Subject: Re: [PHP-QA] Re: [PHP-DEV] 4.2.3

As long as there is momentum on the development process and on

the QA

process when needed, I don't think release momentum matters that much.

Right. Since the first part of the sentence does not stand in reality,

        the
direct result is that momentum matters, a lot :)  Lack of momentum is the
main reason PHP releases are taking several weeks now.  It's not as if

people are testing it thoroughly for weeks and weeks...

        Exactly right. During the last release cycle, Derick made elaborate test
        cases, etc. but the result was not very promising. Very few people actually
        took part in the QA process and as a result 4.2.0 was released with some
        serious bugs in it.

        I believe that 4.2.3 should be released, and that it should be very fast. If
        Derick has no time for the release, and Zeev volunteers to do it, I really
        see no point in delaying it further. Especially since 4.3.0 release doesn't
        seem to be very near.

        Edin