group_mapping.ldb and 3.0.25

tridge at samba.org tridge at samba.org
Wed Feb 21 06:22:34 GMT 2007


Jerry,

 > You and I have very different release methodologies.  You
 > have said before that you would just throw tarballs over
 > the fence every week.  I don't work like that.

Just in case anyone gets the wrong impression, I never said that I'll
"just throw tarballs over the fence every week". I said that I tend
to do more frequent releases, but that is a very different statement.

When I did releases I had a release checklist, a testing procedure
(both automated and manual), I did changelogs, I did release plans, I
did bug management and all of the other things that are associated
with a release manager. I did that continuously for about 7 years for
Samba. I have also done it for numerous other projects.

I care deeply about code quality, as I thought you might have worked
out from all the effort I have put into automated testing and
refactoring. I also think that some bugs are just never found without
wide testing, which is why I try to do more frequent releases to
maximise that testing.

Both approaches can work, but please don't mistake frequency for
sloppiness.

Cheers, Tridge


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