On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM, David M. Lloyd <david.lloyd(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Yes: 5.0.x is a stable branch and should only get bug fixes.
By all means, integrate it into 5.1. But if it were me running the project,
I'd say, make sure that when it does get into the 5.x branch that it is
stable (a GA release), as merging snapshots and betas and CRs at this stage
will serve only to delay the release which is supposed to be on a fixed
schedule now.
The point of my email really has nothing to do with Web Beans - I don't
really know the status at all. I was just trying to get Dimitris to be more
assertive - he just seems so darn apologetic and polite all the time. :-)
I would take it even a step farther and say that Dimitris should have a
fixed window during which people are allowed to merge new features into the
5.x branch (which should be on a public calendar somewhere), to give plenty
of time to get the release stable before doing the release. But I guess
he'll only put up with me telling him how to do his job for so long before
telling me to get bent :)
+1.
I have a problem with the "power trip" argument too, which is a personal
attack.
Rémy