[REBOL] Re: Bugs, patches and distributed systems
From: hallvard:ystad:helpinhand at: 25-Mar-2002 13:24
Dixit [SunandaDH--aol--com] (12.20 25.03.2002):
>It'd make more sense if RT adopted more regular "point-releases" to address
>bugs.
>
>But that'd have a drawback -- we'd all be forever testing the new releases to
>check that the fixes don't break our applications.
>
>Here's a suggestion that works at least for mezzanine-level system functions.
>
>There should be something like Patches.r in my application directory. I can
>download the most recent Patches.r from RT as often as I like.
Patches alone won't do, because we need to specify what version of rebol our programs
will work on. Having predefined milestone releases every 6 months and irregularly releasing
patches inbetween could be a good solution, I think. This is how the OpenBSD team works,
and in my opinion, that works fine.
~H
