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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion</H1>
<B>David Sjölin</B>
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<I>Mon Jun 13 15:00:11 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Thomas Backlund <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">tmb at mageia.org</A>> wrote:
><i> Wolfgang Bornath skrev 13.6.2011 15:20:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> About the cycles:
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> The 9-months seem to be a compromise - but I start to ask why we need
</I>>><i> such a fixed statement (which it would be, once published). We need a
</I>>><i> schedule for each cycle, that's true. Without a schedule we would
</I>>><i> never finish anything. But how about taking 9 months only as a "nice
</I>>><i> to meet" target, leaving us the option to set a roadmap after setting
</I>>><i> the specs of the next release - we could then go for a 8 or 10 months
</I>>><i> roadmap, depending on the specs.
</I>>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> This is somewhat like what I had in my mind to write too, but you beat me to
</I>><i> it :)
</I>><i>
</I>><i> It could allow us to adapt a little for upstream releases.
</I>><i> But should we then decide that the limit is +/- 1 month ?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Obviously there will still be people complaining that "you waited 10
</I>><i> months... if you had extended with ~2 more weeks... "this" or "that"
</I>><i> package would have been available too... and so on....
</I>><i>
</I>><i>
</I>><i> And something not to forget (this is more related to the specs):
</I>><i>
</I>><i> If an estimated upstream release of kde/gnome/... seem to fit our
</I>><i> schedule it _must_ be in Cauldron before version freeze so we
</I>><i> actually get some test/qa on it and not try to force it in by
</I>><i> "hey it's released ~x days before final mageia release so it
</I>><i>  must be added" attitude that tends to pop up at every freeze.
</I>
This point and the one above ("if you had extended...") seems to be
arguments for a fixed time release cycle? With a fixed release cycle
no one would question why we didn't wait for the release of a new
gnome/kde/<any package which someone wants>, since waiting the extra
weeks would go against the release cycle. I'm not sure if that is
enough of an argument against having a looser release cycle but... But
then again, I can see the point of having the possibility to be a bit
flexible.
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