[Vtigercrm-developers] Can we release 4.2.4 already?

[Allan Bush]

I agree this release is long overdue, it would have been out a lot
longer if Mike had not disappeared or if he had a lest told us he was
going to disappear (nothing against Mike we just need a better system
of communication).

However you can't be serious about not releasing it.  This is how real
software projects work, you continue to support old versions after
newer ones have been release (let alone just entered "Beta").  For
example firefox just released 2.0 alpha 3 and 1.5.0.4 a couple days
after (and the firefox alpha is much more stable and easier to upgrade
to then the vtiger beta) and I bet a 1.0.9 is in the works should the
need arise.  Heck even Microsoft still releases patches for Windows
2000.

Further more I'm probably not the only one that considers vtiger 5.0
and 4.2 to be nearly different produces, they look and act very
different and the code bases are pretty much incapable.  Some users
will be very reluctant to upgrade as they'll need to retrain all their
staff and their customizations will be lost.  For these people the
continuation of the 4.2 branch is welcomed.

>From a technical standpoint the good news is that 4.2.3 and 4.2.4 use
accentually the same database so upgrade support from either should be
the same script.  On that point I have an idea to make supporting
upgrading from any release much easier, which I going to test out on
the 4.2.5 branch which I plan to release some time in the future (I
have no set resources as I can't give a firm date) which may be after
the 5.0 release.  At that point if there is still issues with the 4.2
branch will we work on 4.2.6.

So yes I do feel it is pertinent.

Allan

On 6/2/06, Richie <richie at vtiger.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Team!
>
> Allan, I just now saw your mail. I had taken the day off so the delay.
> Thanks for taking the initiative. I have a few questions though.
>
> I would like to understand how vtigercrm-4.2.4 will be useful in the long
> run?
> We have vtigercrm 5 beta out already and in a month's time, we will give out
> the Release version. Even in the Beta, we have the migration support so all
> those who are in the 4.2.x series can directly migrate.
>
> Kindly clarify.
> I would request that we have this sorted out and then go for a 4.2.4 release
> please.
>
> At the time, the issue of 4.2.4 was raised, I do understand it was pertinent
> as v5 was still a long way to go. But now, do you still feel it is
> pertinent?
>
> Richie
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---- Allan Bush<allan.bush+vtiger_dev at gmail.com> wrote ----
>
>
>  Thanks guys,
>
> I've tagged and exported 4.2.4 (without changes) and it's ready to go.
>  I also created some release notes, attached to this email if anyone
> has any input on them.
>
> I sent this information along with the packaged release to richie but
> as he seems to be unresponsive on this release I'm not counting on him
> to get it out in a timely manner. I'd like to put the release on the
> trac system, if the admin is alright with that please email me
> directly and I'll get you the files, if not I'll just attach it to the
> vtiger message board.
>
> On a side note the trac ticket system should be modified to remove
> 4.2.4 as a milestone and add it as a version (and probably remove the
> 4.2.4rc's well we're at it), if that can be done without messing up
> the existing tickets.
>
> Allan
>
> On 5/30/06, Jeff Kowalczyk <jtk at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Brian Devendorf wrote:
> > > I would prefer 4.2.4 gets released, as 4.2.3 has so many known bugs.
> > > I think it would focus the bug reporting for vtiger 4 on the bugs
> > > that still exist in the product.
> >
> > Sure, its always good to have extra point releases to eliminate patch
> > trading. vtigercrm-4.2.5 will likely follow soon after.
> >
> > Based on past tags, our procedure was to put the branch in the exact form
> > used for release, then copy to a tag using the command:
> >
> > # svn cp (url)/vtigercrm/branches/4.2.4
> (url)/vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4 -m 'Tag 4.2.4 for release'
> >
> > Ideally (and we may not be there yet), a release fileset is a
> > vtigercrm-4.2.4.tar.gz and vtigercrm-4.2.4.zip made from:
> >
> > # svn export (url)vtigercrm/tags/vtigercrm-4.2.4
> >
> > With no post processing. I guess for .exe installers (if used), that's an
> > exeption to the rule.
> >
> > Unless there are any changes to forward port to branches/4.2, we finally
> > svn rm the branches/4.2.4.
> >
> > Thanks for doing the release, Allan.
> >
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