Re: [gpsd-dev] Thrashing on master

[Bernd Zeimetz]

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On 02/13/2015 10:51 PM, Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> Thank you, that was a useful explanation.  I think we can maybe do some
> things to help you.
> 
> Would it be helpful if pure bug fix commits were textually marked in some
> obvious way?  I can try doing that, and noting when I think they have no
> prerequisites back to the last stable release.
> 
> A recent example of such a commit would be 'Fix some untested cases in JSON
> AIS dumping.'

yes, even better would be the mention the bug number or url to all commits
which are part of the bug fix.

Still it would be easier if it would be obvious to see how many commits are
part of a bug fix or to look at a merged topic branch.


> That is one thing I can do.  Another would be to release more frequently; 
> paradoxically, the reason I don't is that the defect frequency is so low 
> that I feel little pressure to do so.  What I hear you telling me is that I
> may not be weighting other peoples' reasons for wanting releases enough.

I think more releases are not necessary, better would be some kind of stable
release with point releases like the kernel and postgresql do it.
For example 3.11 will be part of jessie - which means it should be bug free
for at least 2 years, longer would be even better.
Introducing completely new releases is a no-go, but fixing bugs is not a
problem at all.


> I will go review the Debian bugs database for GPSD bugs now.

I don't think there is something interesting in there right now.


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