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Re: Future of LedgerSMB: Ideas and RFC



On Wed, 18 May 2011, Chris Travers wrote:

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:19 PM, Luke <..hidden..> wrote:
On Wed, 18 May 2011, Chris Travers wrote:

probably a good idea to find a mode where releases get only big enough
to address a small number of specific issues (and the regular bug
fixes) on the point releases. That might satisfy only a small group of
current users, but the continued development could easily attract new
users too. That would be a net benefit.

Question:  How should we look at getting rid of the old code, post 1.3?

Why not start phasing out (by rewriting) SL/old code, during the
sub-releases of 1.3?

Eek.  that means replacing 1000+ line files in the middle of a stable
branch.....  Not really thrilled about that even if we reconsider the

Well then, my answer is: do nothing.
When the major version after 1.3 happens, don't reuse legacy code. Most of it would have to change anyway, so start from scratch unless you decide instead to do a 1.4.

policy on feature freezes and I'd object to that because I think it is
important that people be able to get bugfix-only releases.

You think that, but do your people?:) I personally don't think the project is mature enough to support the policy. It's one thing in the case of, say, Drupal, where most "features" are provided modularly; and the only thing to contrast it with is the previous, worse, major version; but here, with the loss of features that existed in the parent version, it doesn't seem wise. (I'm taking John's word about stuff that's missing, as the last time I tried to install 1.3 was quite a long time ago)

Luke