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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09.08.2012 15:01, Mark Banner wrote:<br>
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<li>Stability, we don't have significant gecko changing under us
every six weeks, nor will we have large Thunderbird changes<br>
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<li>We don't have to do so much regression testing
continuously</li>
<li>There's a greater range of time where our changes can get
testing<br>
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<li>Less risk of regressions that are found after each
release, so less likely to need the x.0.1 releases that
we've been seeing</li>
<li>Regressions that have been caused by gecko, don't
necessarily have to be fixed straight away before the next
cycle, but can be left to run a bit longer<br>
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Not having a firm incentive to fix regressions within a 6 week cycle
can hardly be seen as a good thing, and will just lead to
regressions piling up.<br>
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-Magnus<br>
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