[darcs-users] Proposal: staging before release

[Eric Kow]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:29:32 +0000, Ben Clifford wrote:
> > 2) We can catch some nasty platform-related last-minute bugs. This is
> > particularly valuable on minor releases, that don't get the usual "RC"
> > treatment.
> 
> What happens if (eg) 2.4.4 has a bug in it? Don't release 2.4.4 to the 
> general public, and they must wait until 2.4.5? or make another 2.4.4 so 
> that there are multiple 2.4.4s floating around behaving differently, with 
> no way to tell them apart version-wise?

I think for maximum clarity, it would be wait until 2.4.5

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Eric Kow <http://www.nltg.brighton.ac.uk/home/Eric.Kow>
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