[Linux-ha-dev] [ANNOUNCE] Interim heartbeat packages refreshed (2.1.2-4)

[Lars Marowsky-Bree]

On 2007-09-26T20:16:09, Max Hofer <max.hofer at apus.co.at> wrote:

> 
> It seems history is reapting itself (see realease 2.1.0).
> 
> I already see an upcoming confusion about release versioning again.

We just provide interim as well as development builds.

>From an "official" point of view, these provide better testing which
contributes towards the next release. From a user's point of view, they
make sure that updated releases are available in a timely manner.

> Incoming bug reports against a version which was never release by the HA 
> project. Who released what etc.

That's quite clear from the package version as well as the log.


> I really understand that the Novel guys (who are currently the active
> developers) try release as often as possible - and it seems
> communication between them and the offcial release manager is not the
> best.
> 
> But the current release management is a disaster. Appart from beeing a
> PITA to know what a release really brings it is a nightmare to plan
> for the future (which is quite important from us sysadmins).

See, that's why we do put out releases in the mean time ;-) They also
have changelogs.

We can't invent our own version numbers w/o completely messing up
package installs (though the daily builds are timestamped) and _really_
confusing users.

> Advantage: 
> * people see from the rcX tag that it is not offcial

Define "official". Do you want support from the developers or are you
running SUSE? ;-)



Regards,
    Lars

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