[Bitcoin-development] 0.4.x stable branch

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Luke-Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:
> The problem with the current development model is that bugfixes are done
> alongside improvements, and code changes *always* have the potential to
> introduce new bugs, no matter how careful anyone is. So to stay on top of
> bugfixes right now implies risking new bugs being introduced. What good is
> getting one bug fixed, if it comes with 20 new yet-to-be-discovered bugs?

Bug fixes also introduce bugs. Considering the fairly small number of new
features added, I'd take a bet that most of the more recently introduced
bugs were the result of fixes not features.