<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Garrick Staples <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garrick@usc.edu">garrick@usc.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 02:14:40PM -0800, Joshua Bernstein alleged:<br>
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> Glen Beane wrote:<br>
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> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Garrick Staples <<a href="mailto:garrick@usc.edu">garrick@usc.edu</a><br>
> > <mailto:<a href="mailto:garrick@usc.edu">garrick@usc.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 02:49:36PM -0700, Ken Nielson alleged:<br>
> > > Glen Beane wrote:<br>
> > > > I've noticed some new features going into the 2.4-fixes branch.<br>
> > > > Didn't we all agree that only bug fixes go into 2.3.X, 2.4.X<br>
> > > > releases? I think new features should wait for 2.5.0<br>
> > > ><br>
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> > > Glen,<br>
> > ><br>
> > > I know I have told people that 2.3.x is definitely only bug fixes.<br>
> > > 2.4-fixes should also only be bug fixes as well with new features and<br>
> > > enhancements going into 2.5. I just read the change log and we have<br>
> > > added 3 minor features. We will leave these for 2.4.6 and then<br>
> > keep new<br>
> > > features in the trunk.<br>
> ><br>
> > I think minor, low-risk, well-encapsulated items are OK.<br>
> ><br>
> > There's no point in making everyone wait on 2.5 for easy and useful<br>
> > stuff.<br>
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> ><br>
> > ok, if that is the consensus of the community... I can live with minor<br>
> > well encapsulated stuff, but we have been bitten a few times where a bug<br>
> > was introduced or a default behavior changed in a "bug-fix" release.<br>
> ><br>
> > It is comforting to know when you download a new 2.3.x or 2.4.x that<br>
> > there are no new features that could introduce additional bugs and the<br>
> > latest in a series should be the most stable and bug free<br>
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> I agree with Glen here. I, as well as several of my customers have been bitten<br>
> by new feature bugs in bug fix releases. I am encouraged that Adaptive Computing<br>
> is putting resources behind TORQUE once again, but I hope that QA efforts are<br>
> also increased.<br>
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</div></div>The 2.1.x line has had no such regressions<br>
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/hides<br>
<div><div></div><br></div></blockquote><div><br>I knew that was coming :) <br></div></div><br>