2017-10-10 21:19 GMT+02:00 Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]>:

> Jim Jagielski wrote:
>
>> I feel bad leaving RM at this stage... we are so close, and I don't want
>> us to lose momentum. But I also don't want there to be drama
>>
>
> Yes, let's avoid drama, really.
>
> But I'll still send this "modest proposal", based on experience:
>
> 1) We just go ahead and release 4.1.4 as scheduled (i.e., we release RC4),
> at some point within the next 7 days. The "synchronize labels" bug becomes
> a "Known Issue" in the release notes.
>
> 2) Starting today, we incorporate fixes on the AOO415 branch and aim at
> releasing it in, say, early November; AOO415 is only meant to fix 4.1.4
> regressions and we try to be reasonably strict about this (i.e., we try to
> avoid the never-ending "just another small fix" syndrome).
>
> 3) We still wait until, say, end of October before producing RCs for 4.1.5
> since this gives us the time to receive reports of other possible
> bugs/regressions to be fixed in 4.1.5.
>
> Can this work? This covers the case where someone finds a bug the day
> after release; this way we have a window for fixing it in a short term.
>

Makes sense to me.
+1

Roberto

>
> My suggestion to keep 4.1.4 was simply pragmatic: those who never updated
> the metadata might believe that 4.1.4->4.1.5 is only a one-line change,
> while the change affects dozens of files and hundreds of XML files related
> to updates and living on another domain. Not something that can be done in
> 10 minutes. Deleting the tag was bad, but we never relied on tags: 4.1.3
> was tagged several months after it was released. To us a release is/was
> simply the distributed source package, not a tag in SVN. But this is a side
> discussion.
>
> Now the question is, is it OK for us to go ahead, release 4.1.4 with this
> "known issue" and commit to fixing this and other possible regressions in
> 4.1.5 next month? Technically, the Release Manager (and I still consider
> Jim to be in charge, of course!) has the last word. But I'd say everybody
> is welcome to comment.
>
> Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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