Re: Package status

On Tue, 4 May 2004 16:35:52 +0200, Cipriano Groenendal wrote: >> I'm about to release a new (minor) version of >> [M]DB_QueryTool; both packages have been >> labeled as "stable" for several months, >> even if they're below 1.0.0 (because there was >> no guideline back then). >> Should I keep the "stable" label for the next releases, or should >> I mark them as "beta", as the latest directives may suggest? > > If you want to relase this code as Stable, then give it that > name > and figure out a version# from there(1.0.0 would be appropriate). > Don't feel forced to release an otherwise stable package as > beta > since you're < 1.0.0 :) > Also, note that if you don't want to release this code as > 1.0.0 > yet, know that if you release a 0.9.8 as BETA, users who have set > their prefered-state to "stable", will NOT get upgraded. As such, > unless there's some major refactoring, and you think the code is > stable, just relase it as such as 1.0.0 (stable). Hi Cipri, my doubt raises from this very thing: I don't want to release a 1.0.0 version, because Wolfram (the original author) has plans on a 1.0.0 version already (see [1] and [2]), which will be different from 0.9.x. The changes I applied are (mostly) bugfixes, so I'd go with 0.10.1. Anyway, I'm not comfortable with labeling it as "beta" because of the reason you gave above, and for the fact that it's been marked stable for ages. I'm not too keen on using a "beta" label, because it should be even more stable than latest "stable" release, and hopefully I won't have to release another version anytime soon. I highly respect Wolfram's package ownership, so I guess it's up to him to decide what the future development of DB_QueryTool will be (and a 1.0.0 release is his decision). ATM he's very busy, so he can't maintain DB_QueryTool, so I took it over just to fix the most outstanding bugs until he comes back. Hence the question goes down to: should packages released before the guidelines follow them always and in every case? Best regards, -- Lorenzo Alberton http://pear.php.net/user/quipo [1] http://opensource.visionp.biz/index.php?id=78 [2] http://opensource.visionp.biz/version_1_0.117.0.html