Nov 7, 2015
Since we created the stack
repo at the end of
April, a tremendous amount of work has been done very rapidly. Now
that Stack has a suite of features that make it excellent for most
common use cases, it's a good time to step back and work on
improving the code-base to make future enhancements easier and more
reliable. We'll do one or two new releases, and then enter a
stabilization phase. In particular, this will include:
Refactoring build plan construction and execution
Eliminating code duplication
Properly integrate code that was copied/pasted from other projects
Spinning off non-Stack-specific helper modules into separate packages
More integration tests
Bug fixes
Performance optimization
During this period, minor pull requests with code cleanup,
optimization, and additional tests will be gladly accepted, but
please hold off on new features.
Some ways you can help:
File issues identifying duplicate and sub-optimal code, and other quality issues
Submit pull requests with code cleanup, optimization, and additional integration tests (
stack test --flag stack:integration-tests
enables them). Best to check first to avoid conflicts in code that is being overhauled.Github issue triage
During this period, pull requests with new features are unlikely
to be merged, so probably best to hold off to avoid a bunch of
bitrotted PRs.
Some things we're working on before beginning the stabilization phase: