[Phpmyadmin-devel] seperate branch for solving elaborate bug?

[Dieter Adriaenssens]

Hi,

2010/12/13 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
> Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> 2010/12/13 Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info>:
>>> Dieter Adriaenssens a écrit :
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Looking into the XML export functionality, some known issues (solved
>>>> for SQL export) apply to XML export too :
>>>>
>>>> bug #3136658 : export functions/routines before tables [0]
>>>> bug #3136655 : export view of view [1]
>>>> bug #3076692 : events are not exported [2]
>>>>
>>>> At this moment these bugs cannot be reproduced because 'export schema
>>>> structure' is not available as an option when exporting as xml, but
>>>> before enabling and releasing (patch #3135414 [3] ) this, I think all
>>>> the mentioned bugs should be solved, because it's not a good idea to
>>>> introduce known bugs with a stable release.
>>> I'm a bit confused. Since this feature does not exist in 3.3 (and will
>>> not exist because 3.3 won't get new features), are these bugs really
>>> related to 3.3.x?+
>>
>> Does it apply to 3.4.x then? As a new feature? But then the same logic
>> applies, I just want to avoid that, if the fixes are done in QA_3_4
>> (which does not exist at this moment), not all mentioned bugs are
>> solved before the next stable release? Or should this be done in
>> 3.5-dev (once QA_3_4 is created and master is equal to 3.5-dev?
>>
>> I have the feeling I'm making things complicated. :p
>
> If these bugs cannot be reproduced in 3.3, please do not use "3.3.8" as
> group when describing these bugs.

Fixed.

> There are bugs in all releases, even when named "stable". Of course we
> try to balance the importance of the bug (if it's known before a
> release) to avoid a release with "big" bugs in it.

I agree. And this example is a case of bugs know before (potential) release. ;)

> We agreed that we won't add features to master for now because we are
> stabilizing it for 3.4. When it's time for 3.4.0-rc1 (release candidate)
> then MAINT_3_4_0 will start and it will be time to add features to master.

I wanted to be sure, so I asked.

> Meanwhile you could start a new branch (even a public branch) to work on
> these features. See [0].
>
> [0] http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/Devel:Git#Working_on_new_features

Done, thanks for the advice.

Greets,

Dieter