Pidgin release soon?

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Jocke,

On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 12:07:35 +0000
Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at infinera.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 2017-12-07 at 12:15 +0200, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Jocke,
> > 
> > On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 08:50:18 +0000
> > Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at infinera.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Been a while since the last 2.x release now, can we have now?
> > >   
> > 
> > What do you find lacking about the latest 2.x release that warrants a new
> > one? Also see
> > https://perl.plover.com/yak/12views/samples/notes.html#sl-9 .  
> 
> You mean that pidgin is already perfect and does not need releases ?
> What about the commits since last release? Are they not useful/worthy of
> a release ?
> Fixing stuff just to have them sit in a repo for a long time is discouraging
> for most people. Why bother if none, but a select few who builds from src, 
> uses it?
> 

I agree with this and see your point. I just meant that making a new release
for the sake of giving the impression that the project is still alive, is
questionable. But if there are notable changes in the repo, then a new release
is by all means welcome.

>  Jocke


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