Re: [RFC] Release Process

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2010, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > > > > > > All the rest you write in the RFC is basically already as we do it. > > > > > > yeah, maybe, but they aren't written down, accepted and well-known > > > rules, so you can forgot/misunderstand/bend them. :/ > > > > And I don't think that is a bad thing. It's good to be able to be > > flexible. > > > Its good for you, but its bad for the people, who expect you to follow the > rules, you know, the vendors, developers, etc. Well, vendors don't follow rules in the first place. They just add random patches anyway. Developers are pretty much aware what a bug fix, security bug fix and development tree means. With an annoucement (which should really be a regular thing, sortof) of a new minor release, isn't it clear? In case you say no, don't write an RFC that requires really strict following, but instead write guidelines that match current practise. Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug