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[PHP-DEV] RE: [PHP-QA] RFC:PHP Release Cycle From: James Moore (jmoore <email protected>)
Date: 11/08/00

>
> Hi James,
>
> Unfortunately, I could not do a thorough review of your RFC. However,
> given that there have been no replies to it yet, I felt that I
> had to give
> you some feedback. :)
>
> I have taken the RFC and structured it as it made most sense to me.
>
> I have also taken out the information on how the codebase is managed for
> the RC process. The developers have had this discussion several times
> already - they will have to arrive at their own solution
> (hopefully without
> bloodshed :)

I was trying to get some discussion on this and the reason I suggested this
codebase change was to make us more reliable.. at the moment and RC is
rolloed and then we review it. If showstoppers are found then they are fixed
and a new rc is rolled. This is then posted back to us. Now this process
would be fine if the PHP Codebase was fairly static but what we are finding
is that some fairly new untested code makes it into the Repository between
RC's now I dont have time to spend testing 2 or 3 different RC's in fairly
quick succession so the first one gets tested well, the second less well and
by the third I have other things to do. Now I think part of the problem with
the realease of 4.0.3 was that the RC's were too far apart and too much code
was added inbetween the releases. I think that for us as a QA team to do a
decent job of tracking bugs in releases we must insit that this or somthing
comparable happens during the release cycle otherwise we have a far more
difficult job than the developers do having to alter 2 files or copy one
between 2 checkouts to commit to both trees.

> Perhaps this simplified format will make it more likely that people will
> comment.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Zak

THanks Zak.. begining to get worried my mail servers were not working...

James 

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