[Zope] No bugfixes from final beta?!
Casey Duncan
cduncan@kaivo.com
Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:55:09 -0600
Joachim Werner wrote:
>
> > The way I understand it is that if more important bugs are found in a
> > beta, then another beta is issued. After a suitable period has passed
> > without substancial bugs reported, the final beta becomes the release
> > version. This is so that *any* fixes are checked in beta first, not just
> > released on assumption that nothing was broke.
>
> This is at least how it SHOULD be handled ;-)
>
> And of course it makes sense to not introduce new features in the beta
> phase, because those might cause new bugs.
>
> Joachim
>
Yes, in theory, new features should only be added in alpha, but I'm not
sure this has been abided by strictly for Zope releases, although I
could be wrong. If it hasn't been abided by in the past, it will need to
be now to make this scheme workable IMHO.
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