[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion

Mon Jun 13 15:08:56 CEST 2011

2011/6/13 Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org>
+
+> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 13.6.2011 15:20:
+>
+>> About the cycles:
+>>
+>>
+>> 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 is somewhat like what I had in my mind to write too, but you beat me
+> to it :)
+>
+> It could allow us to adapt a little for upstream releases.
+> But should we then decide that the limit is +/- 1 month ?
+>
+> Obviously there will still be people complaining that "you waited 10
+> months... if you had extended with ~2 more weeks... "this" or "that"
+> package would have been available too... and so on....
+>
+>
+> And something not to forget (this is more related to the specs):
+>
+> If an estimated upstream release of kde/gnome/... seem to fit our
+> schedule it _must_ be in Cauldron before version freeze so we
+> actually get some test/qa on it and not try to force it in by
+> "hey it's released ~x days before final mageia release so it
+>  must be added" attitude that tends to pop up at every freeze.
+>
+> --
+> Thomas
+>
+>
+>
+> Let the 9 months as maximum, as a general target.
+
+Make the specs and then the roadmap with a fixed release date and a fixed
+enough time for freeze and testing.
+
+If an upstream release brings conflits, that's live.
+Main focus should be a stable release for simple users not a pot of the
+latest apps
+
+Magnus
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