Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 49347 invoked from network); 17 Aug 2009 22:39:18 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 17 Aug 2009 22:39:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 73755 invoked by uid 500); 17 Aug 2009 21:39:38 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 73675 invoked by uid 500); 17 Aug 2009 21:39:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 73665 invoked by uid 99); 17 Aug 2009 21:39:38 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:39:38 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [80.68.94.123] (HELO tumbolia.org) (80.68.94.123) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:39:27 +0000 Received: from nslater by tumbolia.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Md9v1-0002d9-CX for dev@couchdb.apache.org; Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:39:07 +0100 Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:39:07 +0100 From: Noah Slater To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Subject: Re: Ready for 0.10 Release? Message-ID: <20090817213907.GB9968@tumbolia.org> Mail-Followup-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org References: <739FAA72-2760-4653-9E7A-EF16C523CBFE@apache.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Noah: Awesome User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:30:26PM -0700, Chris Anderson wrote: > btw I'd be +1 on putting the windows stuff in 0.10.x, we won't know > until we try it how well it works. We can say Windows support is > alpha. I'm quite prepared for someone to make a really good argument that convinces me otherwise, but for now, I don't think this is how our releases should work. A release is not our way of saying to the wider community "here's all the new untested shit for you to break your system with" no matter how many alpha, beta, or similar Greek letters we shove in the NEWS file, which, and lets face it, no one bothers to read anyway. Subversion HEAD is the proper place to let things simmer and get fixed as bug reports come in. A release is our way of packaging up all the reasonably mature stuff and saying "here's some probably stable features for you to start using." Best, -- Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater