[Dnsmasq-discuss] A test release?

Gilles Espinasse g.esp at free.fr
Thu Mar 29 00:16:48 BST 2007


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Kelley" <simon at thekelleys.org.uk>
To: "dnsmasq discussion list" <dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 9:44 PM
Subject: [Dnsmasq-discuss] A test release?


> In the past, I have not generally made "release candidate" releases of
> dnsmasq. In general this has worked OK, but it has lead to some
> occasions when "full" releases have been superceded quickly and
> withdrawn because of bugs and regressions. The last release took from
> 2.36 to 2.38 to really stabilise, for instance.
>
> Now that the list exists, and has a set of regulars, I think it might be
> time to try making a release candidate and announcing it to the list,
> with a test time of a couple of weeks or so, before making a final
> release and announcing it to the world.
>
> What do people think? Could you/would you test a RC binary?
>
>
I personnaly let some recent mistake happen trying to release faster than it
should have been.

I always welcome RC release as source and will try to test it but no
warranty depending on the update cycle.

Gilles




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