[osis-core] Re: [osis-user] class vs type

[Todd Tillinghast]

Patrick,

I would be in favor of regularly scheduled releases. 

I would anticipate that many within Bible societies would prefer to see 
fewer updates/changes because there could be perception that they have a 
lot to keep up from a learning perspective and that the standard is not 
stable (always changing).  I think backwards compatibility would be the 
key to addressing these concerns.

Perhaps one major release every year and a minor release 6 months offset 
with two "fixes" releases in between?

Todd

Patrick Durusau wrote:
> DM,
>
> Interested in your suggestion of quarterly releases. Mostly my fault 
> but we have never really followed a traditional development sort of 
> cycle, public roadmap, etc.
>
> Perhaps it is time for us to consider being a little less ad hoc and a 
> bit more formal.
>
> I can't speak for everyone in the core group but the spirit is 
> willing. ;-)
>
> It would certainly put us in a position of better communication with 
> the user community and keep us moving forward. (There are some really 
> cool things I would like to see in 4.0 and later. ;-) Topic maps like 
> stuff and that sort of thing.)
>
> I will make the rounds by phone this next week and see if there is 
> general agreement to doing a more formalized development process with 
> all the transparency of an open source project.
>
> My situation may be about to change to the point where I could 
> allocate time for a more regular process.
>
> See what you can provoke by posting to the OSIS list!
>
> Hope you are having a great weekend!
>
> Patrick
>
> DM Smith wrote: