From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Scott Randby Subject: Re: Stable releases Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 13:52:39 -0400 Message-ID: <55D370E7.1040104@gmail.com> References: <55CA2E6B.4060102@gmail.com> <87fv3gv6rj.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44703) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRlIU-0007OQ-1d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:07:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRlIQ-0004mH-Om for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:07:42 -0400 Received: from mail-io0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c06::229]:35476) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZRlIQ-0004kS-JZ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:07:38 -0400 Received: by iodt126 with SMTP id t126so199614447iod.2 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:07:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.109] (cpe-184-56-99-2.neo.res.rr.com. [184.56.99.2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r8sm15756349ioi.10.2015.08.18.10.52.39 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:52:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87fv3gv6rj.fsf@gnu.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-org list On 08/18/2015 01:36 PM, Bastien wrote: > Hi Scott, > > the main reason why 8.3 was not as "stable" as it should have been is > that I've been releasing it too quickly, after having been inactive > way too long. > > It's kind of a miracle that Org development could continue without an > active "official" maintainer for so long, and we owe a lot to Nicolas > and other contributors for this. > > So all the advice you got is good, but think of 8.3 as a "come back" > release, with problems that are largely due to me not paying attention > enough to all those small details that make a good release. > > The cure is to deliver major releases at a steady pace, and I'm sure > having a "release team" will help a lot. I've learned a lot from the advice I've been given, and I'm now better equipped to handle updates. > > In the meantime, `org-latex-with-hyperref' will be back in 8.3.2 as > I don't see why we needed to remove this option too. I appreciate this a great deal. It will make my life easier to have this variable back in Org. Scott Randby > > Thanks, >