[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

Mon Jun 13 14:20:26 CEST 2011

About the cycles:
+
+The problems with 6-months have been pointed out - my main concern
+would be the lack of manpower and the continuous state of
+"pre-release", no real room to sit back and contemplate hwat is and
+what could be and all the rest. IMHO such a "contemplating" time is
+necessary to keep the whole picture in focus.
+
+The problems with 12-months have also been pointed out and I agree
+with them (too long out of public focus, too long for the main
+userland applications, etc.).
+
+The 9-months seem to be a compromise - but I start to ask why we need
+such a fixed statement (which it would be, once published). We need a
+schedule for each cycle, that's true. Without a schedule we would
+never finish anything. But how about taking 9 months only as a "nice
+to meet" target, leaving us the option to set a roadmap after setting
+the specs of the next release - we could then go for a 8 or 10 months
+roadmap, depending on the specs.
+
+This being said, I am a friend of a rolling release like ArchLinux,
+but I fear that our main target group is not up to this. Despite of
+having to "burn yet another DVD" as somebody pointed out, the majority
+seems to see this as normal and a good way. Of course I may be totally
+wrong with this assessment!
+
+-- 
+wobo
+