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List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    Re: Fwd: KDE Frameworks Release Cycle
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2014-04-30 19:56:12
Message-ID: 10775676.HkIrRE4VYq () tuxedo ! neundorf ! net
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On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 11:35:54 =C0lex Fiestas wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 April 2014 19:23:07 Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > For non-rolling distros, at some point you have to stop and release. A =
mix
> > of new features and bug fixes aren't going to be allowed in.
> > =

> > We (Kubuntu) have been delivering KDE SC point releases as post-release
> > updates to our users for most (maybe all) KDE4 releases. That's over wi=
th
> > KF5.
> > =

> > We'll, I guess, have to settle for cherry picking fixes and doing our
> > best.
> =

> You might not know this but most developers don't do proper testing in the
> stable branches because the cost of having master and stable environments
> and doing testing in both branches for each fix is too much, we simply
> don't have the manpower for that.
> =

> History has shown this maaaany times, we have done point releases that we=
re
> horrible quality-wise because nobody was testing them. The stable branches
> have virtually no users.

maybe not among developers...
But all normal users who just install KDE from some distro are users of the =

stable branches.

Alex

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