[Scribus] 1.3.3.4 and higher - version management questions

[Craig Bradney]

On Saturday 19 August 2006 15:21, Gustavo Homem wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> On Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:29:04 +0200, Plinnell <mrdocs at scribus.info> wrote:
> > On Thursday 17 August 2006 03:29, Gustavo Homem wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Is there a rough roadmap for the current "stable" branch?
> >>
> >> Since 1.3.3.3 seems to be the  best version for production usage
> >> (in terms of stability vs features compromise) it would be very
> >> interesting to know, which bugs are scheduled for a fix.
> >>
> >> Another thing: for production use it is very important to keep
> >> track of the program changes. and upgrades must be carefully
> >> planned.
> >>
> >> However, seems that with the current development model, the bugs
> >> are resolved on the main 1.3.x branch and then backported to
> >> 1.3.3.x. In this case, they get marked as "fixed in 1.3.x", right?
> >> We then miss the oportunity to keep track of the changes to the
> >> stable 1.3.3.x version via bug tracker.
> >>
> >> (ex: for 1.3.3.3 I only find one resolved bug)
> >>
> >> Would it be possible to explicitly list all the resolved bugs on
> >> the 1.3.3.x release notes?
> >>
> >> Note that I am only suggesting this for 1.3.3.x, where changes are
> >> mostly bugfixes.
> >>
> >> Best regards and thanks
> >> Gustavo
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > All the changes are listed here:
> >
> > http://bugs.scribus.net/changelog_page.php
>
> But how is this changelog produced? Looking at the "fixed in" field on the
> bug entry?
>
> > This same change log  is included in the source tarball and sometimes
> > packaged in /usr/share/scribus-$version/doc depending on how its
> > packaged.
> >
> > When we fix a bug in 1.3.3.x you can assume that 1.3.4cvs either does
> > not have the issue or it has been fixed as well.
>
> My question is: when a bug is fixed on 1.3.X and it is then backported to
> 1.3.3.Y, what will the "fixed in" field say about it?
>
> If it says 1.3.X we will miss it in the changelog for 1.3.3.Y isn't it?

Yes, but if a bug is fixed and backported, the fixed in version should be 
changed.

Craig
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