release cycle of tmux

[Helmut Tessarek]

What is the release cycle of tmux? There is quite some activity in the repo,
but releases are cut rather seldomly.

Cheers,
Helmut

[Thomas Adam]

Post by Helmut Tessarek
What is the release cycle of tmux? There is quite some activity in the repo,
but releases are cut rather seldomly.

Whenever Nicholas and I decide it appropriate, based on on-going patches,
number of features, etc.

-- Thomas Adam

[Helmut Tessarek]

Post by Thomas Adam
Whenever Nicholas and I decide it appropriate, based on on-going patches,
number of features, etc.

Ok, so basically there is no release cycle. Thx for the info.

[Thomas Adam]

Post by Helmut Tessarek

Post by Thomas Adam
Whenever Nicholas and I decide it appropriate, based on on-going patches,
number of features, etc.

Ok, so basically there is no release cycle. Thx for the info.

Well. That is a release cycle in itself. What is it you're really asking,
and why?

Thomas Adam

[Helmut Tessarek]

Well. That is a release cycle in itself. What is it you're really asking, and why?

I'm just a bit confused. I looked at the release dates for the different
versions and I couldn't make out a pattern. In 2009 there were several
releases and after 2009 rather one release per year.

I'm used to a somewhat constant release cycle, like every x months, especially
if there is a lot of activity in the repo.

I'm the maintainer of tmux in MacPorts and I was wondering, if I should create
a variant that allows you to retrieve and compile the latest commit point. But
I don't know, if that would be stable enough or not.
I'm just trying to get a feeling for the project and whether only releases are
considered stable.
Do you think that would make sense, or should I update MacPorts only when a
new release of tmux is cut?

[Thomas Adam]

Post by Helmut Tessarek
Do you think that would make sense, or should I update MacPorts only when a
new release of tmux is cut?

Why not have both? We appreciate on-going testing of tmux git until we
decide to release a new version. In fact, we rely on it.

Thomas Adam

[Helmut Tessarek]

Why not have both? We appreciate on-going testing of tmux git until we decide
to release a new version. In fact, we rely on it.

Ok, I'll work on a variant for MacPorts that people can install the latest git
version of tmux.