[Mageia-dev] [changelog] [RPM] cauldron core/release kdenlive-0.8.2-1.mga2

[Samuel Verschelde]

Le mardi 15 novembre 2011 07:40:13, Michael Scherer a écrit :
> Le lundi 14 novembre 2011 à 19:29 -0300, Balcaen John a écrit :
> > Le lundi 14 novembre 2011 23:17:32 zezinho a écrit :
> > > Le lundi 14 novembre 2011 20:23:40, Juan Luis Baptiste a écrit :
> > > > So what is the final decision about this ? is there going to be an
> > > > update or not ?
> > > 
> > > I vote no, let's wait for backports, like all other new versions.
> > 
> > i not agree at all because
> > 
> >  - we did it for KDE SC 4.6 (upgrading from 4.6.3 to 4.6.5).
> >  - the list of bug fixes  (especially the number of crash & corruption
> >  fix) - it's a *minor* version not a major one
> 
> The policy is not about minor version, it is bugfixes only. Not
> everybody make the distinction between minor and major, especially for
> software developpers.
> 
> And again, the question of QA is here. Since we didn't detect the
> regression ( and since there is so much crashes to fix, and sine
> everybody think that's important enough to bypass our policy, according
> to people in the thread ), how do people plan to make sure the most
> obvious one are corrected ?
> 
> Do we have open bug reports about them, with clear reproducer ?
> 
> And do at least someone plan to use kdenlive enough to say "this fixed
> the bug I have been seeing before" ?
> 
> Or do we plan to do "it started, so it is good enough, let's ship it" ?

Of course QA will test more than "the program started, it's OK". If you look 
at the history of updates in bugzilla you'll see that testing is usually more 
thorough than that.

And if the packager asks for testing of new features to ensure they introduce 
no obvious blocking bug, they can be tested, provided they are in a limited 
number. If that's the price for dozens of bugfixes, it can be worth it, unless 
the new features are disruptive for users accustomed to the version of 
kdenlive in core/release, or bring incompatibilities or new critical bugs.

Samuel