Re: Stable branch maintainer.

From: Blue Lizard (webmaster@dofty.zzn.com)
Date: Wed May 08 2002 - 01:43:24 EDT

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    I didn't mention the bonobo before, since we had discussed it on irc,
    but I entirely agree. It does not (or should not, and does not in
    theory) affect the app itself. All I think you want is for the control
    to be compatible with stable (there actually are evo users that don't
    build from cvs on a daily basis o-:). So really, the only thing I would
    like to see clarified is how far builds depend on it. Obviously,
    nothing bonobo should be depended upon by a non-gnome build, but will
    gnome builds depend on it or will it be an ifdef?

    Regardless, I don't think anyone disagrees/disputes this with you
    Martin.

    -MG

    On Wed, 2002-05-08 at 00:10, Martin Sevior wrote:
    >
    >
    > On Wed, 8 May 2002, [iso-8859-1] Andrew Dunbar wrote:
    >
    > > --- Blue Lizard <webmaster@dofty.zzn.com> wrote: >
    > > Greetings.
    > > > I would like to apply for the position of stable
    > > > branch maintainer.
    > > > Nothing would please me more than to contribute to
    > > > abisource to the best
    > > > of my ability, and I believe that this is a position
    > > > I could handle. I
    > > > think, though, my feelings differ from Martin's in
    > > > one area. "Cajoling
    > > > developers into helping backports of
    > > > features/bugfixes if needed" (MS)
    > > > -- I would expect very few if any feature backports.
    > > > Possibly small
    > > > impexp items, but not too much in the way of
    > > > features.
    > >
    > > I absolutely agree with this sentiment.
    > > The whole premise of a stable version is that it
    > > stays stable, in fact becomes *more* stable.
    > > In general no new features should be admitted.
    > > In practice, very minor new features which consist of
    > > only a few lines could go in but nothing capable of
    > > introducing new bugs that would require debugging
    > > both versions.
    > >
    >
    > I was specifically thinking og the bonobo work which I really would like
    > to be in the stable branch too. It doesn't affect the operation of the
    > rest of the application. Or if does, the effect is obvious that it is easy
    > to correct.
    >
    > Bonobo embedding is already in the stable branch but the last couple of
    > days work from Dom, which really advanced things a lot, aren't there yet.
    >
    > Cheers
    >
    > Martin
    >
    >

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