2.2 branch strategic question
Hi, 2.2.4 should be here soon, & i'm wondering what to do with releases. Let me explain my questions... I've released a new minor version every quarter. Each contains : - some bugfixes - some new features. Those new features didn't change the DB for 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3, and will change a little the DB for 2.2.4. With the 3.0 version announced for 2006Q1 (end of...), i'm not sure it would be the best solution to continue releasing 2.2.x with new features. Here is a list of pro and cons i've found. Feel free to add some of them. pro : - new features are always nice to have before next major release - some of them are very important and could be considered as bugfixes (like leader support in 2.2.4, for example) cons : - installing a new version every quarter is too much work - learning what is in a new version every quarter is too much work, libraries are missing new features ! - it's too much work to synch 2.2 and head with new feature. That won't be easier with new head work ! - new features means ... new bugs ! so, I suggest, after your reactions, feel free to say if we need a poll in koha & koha-fr mailing lists or decide. but i really have no preferred opinion. Maybe a little feeling that we could just release bugfixes in 2.2 branch. But not sure. Note that some features were requested by some customers and requires to be quickly written in order to deploy Koha, so i think I was right -from my point of view- until now ! -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)
Paul POULAIN <paul.poulain@free.fr> wrote:
but i really have no preferred opinion. Maybe a little feeling that we=20 could just release bugfixes in 2.2 branch. But not sure.
Yes, it's time to put 2.2 into bugfixes-only mode, I think. When will the first 2.3 be out if 3.0 will be 2006Q1? I've seen your first database changes, but haven't reproduced them here. I guess it will give me a target date for the new installer. -- MJ Ray (slef), K. Lynn, England, email see http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ http://www.ttllp.co.uk/
On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:35:30PM +0200, Paul POULAIN wrote:
With the 3.0 version announced for 2006Q1 (end of...), i'm not sure it would be the best solution to continue releasing 2.2.x with new features. My preference is to focus on 3.0. Before we branch a 2.3 we need to clean up the code and the db as well as do major bugfixing.
I've been remiss in providing a complete roadmap of features for 3.0 mainly because I'm still waiting to hear back from some sponsors. (We're still looking for an NCIP sponsor in case you're interested btw). I should know by the end of this month where we stand and what would be a reasonable set of features to work towards in 3.0 and I'll be sure to update the roadmap and let everyone know. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro VENDOR SERVICES FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE President, Technology migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS
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