Release Schedules and Feedback on Fixes

[Florian Bogeschdorfer]

I do totally agree with this. Every word. Please give us a solid base and
continue new features in a different version.

Florian Bogeschdorfer

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>Lynn and Ruslan,
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>Is there any hope that Paradigma starts branching Valentina releases?
>With 2.6 perceived as a strong base, it may be the right time to
>consider seriously the introduction of branching into Valentina's
>development process.
>
>This relentless push forward by mixing bug fixes and implementing new
>features (introducing new bugs and breaking working code in the
>process) may be leaving some, and I suspect mot so few, users behind,
>some even abandoning Valentina altogether. Each time I try to keep up
>with the new releases of Valentina, I feel like I am in a rat race,
>spending more time dealing with Valentina than my products since, at
>least in my case, I need to sync Valentina on at least 4-5 computers.
>
>What I mean, in case someone is not clear what branching refers to,
>that when let's say Valentina 2.5 is released, the Paradigma team
>starts working on 2.6 release, that is working on implementing new
>features and enhancing existing ones. However, bug fixes are still
>provided to the 2.5 branch, so we get 2.5.1, 2.5.2, etc while being
>able to play or work with 2.6b1, 2.6b2 etc (which of course
>incorporate the bux fixes from 2.5.x branch).
>
>One of the issues is that if I stay with, let's say, Valentina 2.4
>because of development/release schedule and support needed for my
>products using Valentina, as soon as a few new Valentina releases are
>out, I am essentially out of proper support since any Valentina
>coding problems require me updating to the most recent version. None
>of the official releases ever reaches stable maturity which allows us
>to ship our product with it and enjoy freedom to move along to the
>next version of Valentina and our products at our own pace.
>
>I have been using Valentina for many, many years, and I am generally
>happy with the product and recommend it often to others. This list
>and the suport provided by Ruslan and his team are also fantastic.
>However, I could never understand why they don't do branching, which
>is de facto industry standard. After all, this is what version
>control solutions (CVS, Subversion, and dozen other) are all about. I
>am pretty sure that one of them is used by the Paradigma team, so it
>is "only" the matter of changing the procedures.
>
>In my personal opinion, branching is essential if Valentina is to
>become a serious enterprise player and has so far been sorely ignored
>aspect of the product strategy.
>
>Robert Brenstein
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