ANN of new versions of Mercurial

[Matt Mackall]

On Fri, 2012-12-21 at 07:00 +0000, Gaunet Sylvain (ASTEK) wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> It seems that you doesn't announce the new versions of Mercurial on the mailing list now ?

The Story of Norm, Earl, Tess, and Devin

Norm is a normal software user. He occasionally upgrades, primarily when
he encounters a bug. And if that bug isn't fixed by the upgrade, he
reports it. He doesn't care much about release dates or announcements.

Earl is an enthusiastic early adopter. Earl sees a release announcement
and downloads the release immediately. And often, he immediately finds a
bug and eagerly reports it.

Tess is a tester. When she knows a release is imminent, she downloads
a prerelease and starts using it and reports bugs and regressions so
that the release is better for both Norm and Earl.

Devin is a developer. Devin LOVES Tess and likes Norm too, but is
sometimes a bit annoyed by Earl. Devin appreciates Earl's enthusiasm,
but it would be so easy for Earl to be heroically helpful like Tess
simply by directing all that enthusiasm at a release candidate. Instead
he always shows up just after the boat has sailed when his feedback is
least helpful. Sometimes he even says things like "why wasn't this
release tested more thoroughly?" that make the veins pop out on Devin's
forehead.

Then Devin has an idea. The only person reading his release
announcements is Earl, and in fact they just seem to encourage him.
Maybe he should stop making those, and instead make announcements to
encourage Tess instead, because she's so awesome. Norm won't notice the
difference, of course, but maybe Earl will act a bit more like Tess.

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