Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

Hello Tim,

Le 06.08.2014 15:04, Kracked_P_P---webmaster a écrit :
> We have developed a "cycle" for each line where we know that x.x.0 is
> the newest and x.x.6/7 is the most mature of that line.  So we should
> use that idea.
>
> Yes we have two lines.
>
> Yes there is an idea of maturity vs. younger/fresher
>
> Yes the newer line should have more features to work with or a more
> developed user interface
>
> So maybe we could stop thinking "this line and that line" but focus on
> how mature/developed the current versions of each line is.
>
> Have a little sidebar with this idea of this version is "this mature"
> for its line and the other version is "this mature" for its line.
>
> What we need is terms that reflect the idea of the "age" of the
> version, or what the cycle number really means.
>
> x.x.0 - toddler version of the line
> x.x.3 - teenager
> x.x.5 - in college
> x.x.6/7 - graduated and best working of the line
>
> Betas are the newborn version of the line, if you go with the above
> age description.
>
> Can we somehow create terms like that, but in more of a business 
> terminology?

Indeed we are missing such an explanation. Care to open a wiki page on 
this?

Best,

Charles.

> On 08/06/2014 08:35 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Ok, so that sounds like the 4th or 6th "cycle" of a branch has reduced 
> > the
> > bugs and regressions = i think most people would call that making it 
> > more
> > stable wouldn't they?
> >
> > Then the point about recent releases having had less usage seems to be
> > saying that it is not quite so stable.
> >
> > Actually that does make a lot of sense.  When new features are added 
> > it
> > would be surprising if there were no unexpected problems.  I think 
> > most
> > people would understand that and understand that as being slightly 
> > less
> > stable than it will be in the future.  That all makes total sense.
> >
> > I am beginning to like the sound of "mature branch" and "young 
> > branch".  Of
> > course a google search for mature, or young, might bring up some bad 
> > sites
> > that we wouldn't want to be associated with.  It's annoying because
> > otherwise that might be a really good way of describing the difference
> > between the 2 branches.
> >
> > So i think we still need to try to think of a really short name for 
> > each
> > branch that describes what it's advantage is over the other branch.
> >
> > Still vs fizzy don't seem to be popular but was worth a try.  SliTaz's
> > "stable" vs "cooking" seems to have been rejected already.  Stable vs
> > unstable doesn't cover it.  Development vs stable suffers the same
> > problem.  Has anyone else got ideas?  I think it would be great to 
> > have a
> > wiki-page or something where people can post their ideas slightly
> > anonymously and then maybe people could vote for which ones they 
> > prefer.
> >
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6 August 2014 12:52, Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Le 06/08/2014 13:00, Tom Davies a écrit :
> > > > Hi :)
> > > > Ok, so the question is why have 2 different branches at all?
> > > >
> > > > The "Fresh" branch has the advantage of having more features but 
> > > > what
> > > > advantage does the older branch have?
> > > To have less bugs and regressions that make it more sure to use by
> > > average users. When you are at the 4th or 6th cycle of a release, you
> > > can consider that almost all of the functionalities have been used 
> > > and
> > > if there was bugs or regressions they have been reported and 
> > > depending
> > > on there severity/impact, they have been corrected. Which is not true
> > > for the more recent release with less usage and less users, it needs
> > > more time and cycles.
> > > Kind regards
> > > Sophie
> > >
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