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0000343aMuleFeature Requestpublic2005-03-28 23:242005-03-30 10:35
Reporterblue_eclipse 
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PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityN/A
StatusclosedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSOS Version
Product Version2.0.0-rc8 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
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Summary0000343: Need for an intermediate release
Description
Hello. I'd like to complain about amule's release planning. The problem is not that the final version takes so long to be released ("things are done when they're done") but the functionality gaps in time that are left between releases.
What I mean is, what's the problem with taking a stable CVS shot and releasing it as -rc9? Doest it cost money? Who takes into consideration the amount of users who are getting killed in desperation with the -rc8?
It's not about minor changes, minor bugfixes. I'm talking about, for example,
the Mac users who are severely coitus interrupting with rc8. This also applies
to Linux users who just feel the pain of rc8 crashes.
And please, compiling a CVS is not an answer for a Mac user neither for the average Linux-rpm-user. What's the problem with releasing an extra mid-development release before the final version?
When I moved to Linux they told me free software was about quick fixing the bugs/quick releasing the bugfixes. And this was true, I checked www.kernel.org and I saw it. It was true. Today, nobody would understand that Linus Torvalds would take 3 months between releases, specially when
they're severe bug fixes. And there you got it: 2.6.11.6! And it's pretty easy
to get one of this kernels in deb binary format.

So please, my request is: don't leave those big gaps in time, especially when
there are severe functionality fixes that people need badly. CVS isn't an answer for everybody. Pleases, release more RC's if needed. It doesn't hurt. It doesn't kill. It doesn't cost money. It just helps users.

Regards.
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Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2005-03-28 23:24blue_eclipseNew Issue
2005-03-29 02:02KryNote Added: 0000798
2005-03-29 02:03KryStatusnew => acknowledged
2005-03-29 02:05XaignarNote Added: 0000800
2005-03-29 02:07KryNote Deleted: 0000800
2005-03-29 02:38XaignarNote Added: 0000801
2005-03-29 02:51KryNote Added: 0000802
2005-03-30 10:35KryStatusacknowledged => closed
2005-03-30 10:35KryNote Added: 0000807

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(0000798)
Kry   
2005-03-29 02:02   
Mac users get CVs binnaries every time a relevant bug is fixed.

Unix users can ompile CVS while the release is not done.

And yes, there will be more releases after 2.0.0, on a reduced timespan. But now it's for 2.0.0, and there will be no rc9.

Shouldn't take more than some weeks anyway.
(0000801)
Xaignar   
2005-03-29 02:38   
Help, Help, I'm Being Oppressed!
(0000802)
Kry   
2005-03-29 02:51   
Stop being teddish then :P
(0000807)
Kry   
2005-03-30 10:35   
I feel the urge to close bug reports before the release... so 1 less.

Aditionally, I noticed you say "I's like to complain..." so it's not a feature request and must be closed as invalid.