FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Predrag Parmakovic wrote:
> can you say me when you expect to finish 0.65 version of FreeTDS driver
> (release) ?

I really can't say.  If you're doing some long term planning, September
would be a safe bet.  I'm hoping for much sooner, but stability is
paramount.  

The FreeTDS release cycle is a little different from some others and goes
about like this:

0.  Release N-1.
1.  Rest. 
2.  Add features to N. 
    [... time passes ...]
3.  Learn of N-1 bugs or perhaps new N bugs.
4.  Fix bugs.  Backport to N-1 if possible. 
5.  Decide on feature set for N.  
6.  Begin recommending snapshot because N has new/corrected features.  
7.  People start using the snapshot, find bugs. 
8.  Fix N bugs. 
9.  Go to 6 until no bugs in 8. 
10. Update documentation.  
11. Request further testing.  Go to 6 if necessary.  
12. Announce release N. 
13. Yield to real life demands, everyone waits.  
14. N++; Goto 0. 

I think we're on step 7.  

--jkl

P.S. Any resemblance to a 12-step program is pure coincidence.  Pure.