Ross Paterson wrote:
Duncan Coutts wrote:
Thanks to everyone who took part in the recent discussion on API compatibility in minor platform releases. In response to the points raised, Don and I would like to propose the following:
* Bug fix only in minor releases * Change platform version numbers to follow the PVP * 4 month major release cycles for the first 12 months * Review major release cycle frequency after 12 months
Sounds like a good plan.
Sounds good. Perhaps it would be less confusing to use PVP terminology for HP too, i.e. avoid speaking of minor releases and call them patchlevel releases. (In those terms, HP will not have minor releases.)
+1. Duncan Coutts wrote:
Details:
* "bug fix only" means no api changes or additions in library packages and no new user-accessible features in programs. In terms of the PVP it means only the 4th digit may increment, eg X.Y.Z.0 -> X.Y.Z.1.
The one thing I'd like to highlight again is the issue of "strictness bugfixes". This is more of a PVP definition issue than a HP release issue, but it is one that should be resolved so the HP doesn't incur surprises. -- Live well, ~wren