On 12/11/2014 06:54 AM, Sl�vek Banko wrote: > On Wednesday 10 of December 2014 03:41:19 Michele Calgaro wrote: >>> I would suggest for patch releases not focus only on the number of fixed >>> bugs. Substantial could be, for example, the importance of fixed bugs. >>> Sufficiently frequent release of new versions also seems like a good card >>> viability of the project. >> >> Agree as well. Anyhow substantial or major bug fixes would probably be >> better done in minor releases, not in the maintenance ones. Or should be >> incorporated in the maintenance ones only after a reasonable amount of test >> time. IMO, maintenance releases should address bugs that do not require >> major rework/changes. I think of them as a way to improve v14.0.0 without >> major changes on it. >> Instead I consider v14.x.0 releases at the same strength of the old KDE >> 3.5.x releases. >> >> Just another 2 cents. >> Cheers >> Michele > > I have a concrete example - bug 2222 - fortunately fixed before final R14.0.0. > But imagine a situation that could not be fixed and now we should decide. > > I dare say that is certainly, it is a fix for very crucial issue. At the same > time, in my opinion, this is not a fix that should mean release R14.1.0. For > such a fix I would suggest release R14.0.1. And that's just the situation > that I had in mind - a situation where, in my opinion, is inappropriate to > wait for the completion of the specified number of patches for release. > Ok, I see what you mean. That's fine for me too then. Cheers Michele