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Re: release process analysis
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: release process analysis |
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Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:32:40 +0200 |
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Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> I think the next improvement to the release process should engineer
> around human behavior. Here, the human behavior is, most folks avoid
> pre-release testing, and then jump right to the release.
> ...
> It has been my experience that once you perform the minor version
> release, like Grep 3.5.1, that's it, you're done.
Indeed. Thanks for stating it so clearly.
I so much strive for a perfect release, that I often forget about the
"relese early, release often" principle [1].
Bruno
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_early,_release_often