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That distinction "bugfix vs feature" seems to be fading for Firefox and was never there for Chrome. There is merely the development treadmill now.
On 22 Jun 2011, at 0913, James M Pulver wrote:
> I'm also worried that this means more effort in determining when something is a bugfix (so push out quickly) vs major changes so test with websites etc...
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> James Pulver
> Information Technology Area Supervisor
> LEPP Computer Group
> Cornell University
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Misc Things
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> To: Dr Andrew C Aitchison
> Cc: Phong Nguyen; [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: {off topic} Firefox 5
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> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Dr Andrew C Aitchison
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>> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Phong Nguyen wrote:
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>> I see a substantial upswing in corporate use of Opera
>> (konqueror too ?).
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>> Dr. Andrew C. Aitchison Computer Officer, DPMMS, Cambridge
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> True.
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> And "Release" is usually perceived and understood as a version of
> software with significant changes from the previous version. The new
> schedule based approach is fine, but they should not be calling it
> "releases". It's rather a regular builds that address bugs and add
> some new features.
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> I'm not sure i understand the "marketing" behind this approach.
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