[Project-managers] Action Needed: Creating stable versions

[Ted Ralphs]

Hi Brian,

Sorry, I didn't mean to alarm you. Of course, I'm sure reasonable 
exceptions will be made. The push to get stable versions created is 
mainly targeted at the "core" projects that have been in existence for 
years and have never really had a "stable release." Since many of the 
core projects depend on each other, it's difficult to get the ball 
rolling without creating initial stable versions of all of them first. 
Of course, by pushing for this to happen so quickly, we realize there is 
a possibility that the first "stable release" may not be as "stable" as 
we would like. We have not yet clearly defined what "stable" means, so 
maybe "fixed" is a better word. In many cases, however, the code 
currently in subversion really does represent a  relatively stable 
version, but we have just never forced ourselves to get around to 
tagging it as such. By putting everyone on a short leash, we are trying 
to force some discipline on ourselves that we haven't had before. In the 
case of CSDP, since you have had previous stable releases and since no 
other COIN projects depend on yours, I'm sure that sticking to your 
original schedule would be fine. Sorry for the confusion.

Cheers,

Ted
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Dr. Ted Ralphs
Associate Professor
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Lehigh University
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