Bugzilla Bug 25915

24-Jul-2003: Release of MPD-0.8.2
31-Jul-2003: Ebuild in portage (~x86)

Since it's release we have received no bug reports that suggest that it is in
any way unstable and would like it to be moved to a non ~x86 status please.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:

Please read
http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/20030804-newsletter.xml#doc_chap5_sect2
and be patient. That it's ~x86 does not mean we consider the software unstable.

I was told by a gentoo dev, whose name I can't remember but it's in my mailbox
somewhere, that this was the course of action. He said it wouldn't come out of
a "testing" status unless someone mentioned it, and that a bug report would be
the best method. I don't mind being patient at all, I just really hope not to
be forgotten =)

Actually, I'd consider the ebuild unstable until there was a script in init.d
and basic configuration installed by default. Or a decision simply not to do
so.

Filing another bug on that momentarily...

MPD does not require configuration (at all) and init.d should not be a reason
for it to stay in testing IMO

As a note - mpd-0.8.4 is currently in portage.  Please let me know of your
experiences with this build.  Now that we are post-1.4-release, i think we
should at least CONSIDER marking it stable. :)  I've had 2 reports of people
having success with 0.8.4

Well, I'm running off the current ebuild of 0.8.4, everything worked fine, and
0.8.4 is extremely stable right now, before each release goes I run an hour of
tests (with a PERL script) to run on it (which actually started with this
release) to make sure it's not going to fail on any command, and as usual it
passed with flying colors. We have not had any complaints on the website, in
IRC chat, nor in our bug manager so work progresses toward 0.9.0 currently. If
you need I have 3 more guys in the IRC chat room I'm sure I could get to vouch
for MPD's stability :)

Cheers!
sbh

OK, Now I really look kinda like an butt saying it, but I have to eat my words.
MPD is _super_ stable, but there is a typo in a file that causes problems with
mpc when people don't have the song accessable but it's in their playlist.
Honestly it really isn't _any_ kind of showstopper, but we are going to do
another release for it just so it can be bullet-proof, before continuing with
0.9.0. Thanks for your continued support =)

mpd-0.8.5 has been added to portage and all previous versions have been
removed.  As always, please test and report your experiences. :)

ok, I hate to say it but one more bug was just found, we will release one last
one  for this series(hopefully!) We just killed a memory leak, so we will be
releaseing (lucky!) number 0.8.6 on Sunday.

Alright, so while i appreciate the enthusiasm, having these bugs lying around
while we are still commiting bug fix releases on a regular basis is just plain
silly.

I'm going to close this and keep an eye on mpd, and it's associated client
applications, and move them to stable when it seems appropriate.