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| 2023-06-29 |
ReactOS talks about altered release cycle |
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The ReactOS project developers an open source operating system which strives to be binary compatible with Microsoft Windows while also offering a lot of the same look and feel as classic versions of Windows. The project has appeared outwardly dormant recently and the project's latest newsletter addresses the reduced level of visible activity: "The latest release of ReactOS is 0.4.14, published on 16th December, 2021. That release alone took a year to be engineered. Back then, ReactOS followed a 3-month cadence, releasing a new version every 3 months. But since 2021, ReactOS is still at 0.4.14. Are you guys dead?
The answer is certainly no, the way we handle releases has changed. Back in the day, ReactOS releases were made for the sake of quantity rather than quality. Every new release after 3 months was similar to the previous one, with the exception of a small number of added features and bug fixes. But overall, the net gap between the releases wasn't that big. For a while now we have instated a rule that for a new version to reach 'Release' status, it needs to have a reasonably low amount of regressions (no more than 20) and the stability mustn't be badly impacted by the introduction of new features or code changes done during development.
In other words, the ReactOS project is now focusing on providing quality releases, which rules out the 3-month release cadence. That previous approach wasn't feasible for a development team with a size like ours anyway." The newsletter goes on to talk about an x64 port and application updates. |
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