to release or not to release ...

[Tony Balinski]

Quoting Joerg Fischer <jf505 at gmx.de>:

> Bert Wesarg wrote:
>
> > >   3. Settings transition (updatePatternsTo5dot6() etc.)
> > >
> > >     Any volunteers?
> > I thought this was done?
>
> http://www.nedit.org/pipermail/develop/2008-January/013907.html
>
> > Do we need pre-built binaries at the time the source release is made?
>
> This is how it used to be.  IMO it wouldn't hurt to release the
> sources and wait for contributions of binaries thereafter.  So, my
> answer is 'no need'.  (Of course, if there should still be that many
> volunteers for building binaries like in the past, it's no problem
> either.)

We used to have a beta-phase too, where having the binaries was less critical,
and when the release was tested for regressions. I'm not sure how necessary
that still is.

Tony