From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.192] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-1.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1R6Niy-0001Vw-5R for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:24:32 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.216.182 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.216.182; envelope-from=ampedal@gmail.com; helo=mail-qy0-f182.google.com; Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com ([209.85.216.182]) by sog-mx-2.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1R6Nix-00037u-Hx for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:24:32 +0000 Received: by qyk4 with SMTP id 4so1894345qyk.13 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:24:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.68.84 with SMTP id u20mr612363qci.288.1316615066125; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.227.137 with HTTP; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 07:24:25 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201109201637.52006.luke@dashjr.org> References: <201109181930.59565.luke@dashjr.org> <201109201637.52006.luke@dashjr.org> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:24:25 -0400 Message-ID: From: Alex Waters To: Luke-Jr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (ampedal[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature 0.2 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-Headers-End: 1R6Nix-00037u-Hx Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] 0.4.x stable branch X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:24:32 -0000 I think what Jeff has said is ideal for a stable 1.0 or 1.1 release of a kernal. I also think it's absolutely the direction we should be heading in, but not this afternoon. The desire to keep a 0.4.x stable branch is a symptom of a bigger QA problem, one that I am attempting to address in general. Gavin has reminded me to test, test, test. I implore anyone who clicks the pull button to not only test their code, but write down how they tested it. The issue tracker is somewhat out of control, and my opinion is that a stable branch is not going to fix it. This stage of development can be agitating, as you implement code in the wild - it is outpaced or broken easily. The sooner we can get a robust QA process to hammer out bugs, and process pulls - the closer we are to a stable 1.0 release. Please contact me if you would like to help contribute to the bug hammering - I promise that we can find ways to make it interesting/challenging. (working on a zapper too!)