Open Source (was Don't you just wish Rev would do this?)

[Robert Brenstein]

>Let me make the suggestion more explicit in the hope that either its 
>merits will be discussed, or it will be torn to pieces:
>
>1. RR should provide feature releases on a regular basis. We pay for them.
>2. We do not pay for bugfixes. The manufacturer is just putting 
>right what he has done wrong.
>
>Feature releases are not for the purpose of fixing bugs. In fact, 
>they will unintentionally introduce them. But there is no such thing 
>as a "bug-fix" release. Bug fixes are handled between feature 
>releases, and here's how:
>

What this requires is that the development and public releases are 
branched in the sense of CVS. That is the missing ingredient for Rev 
which blocks separating bugfix releases from development of next 
version.

Robert