1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
|
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> [Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion
</TITLE>
<LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" >
<LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Release%20cycles%20proposals%2C%20and%20discussion&In-Reply-To=%3C20110615135758.GB6290%40bkor.dhs.org%3E">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow">
<META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<LINK REL="Previous" HREF="005662.html">
<LINK REL="Next" HREF="005809.html">
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
<H1>[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion</H1>
<B>Olav Vitters</B>
<A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20Release%20cycles%20proposals%2C%20and%20discussion&In-Reply-To=%3C20110615135758.GB6290%40bkor.dhs.org%3E"
TITLE="[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion">olav at vitters.nl
</A><BR>
<I>Wed Jun 15 15:57:58 CEST 2011</I>
<P><UL>
<LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005662.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion
</A></li>
<LI>Next message: <A HREF="005809.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion
</A></li>
<LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
<a href="date.html#5712">[ date ]</a>
<a href="thread.html#5712">[ thread ]</a>
<a href="subject.html#5712">[ subject ]</a>
<a href="author.html#5712">[ author ]</a>
</LI>
</UL>
<HR>
<!--beginarticle-->
<PRE>On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:46:33PM +0200, Michael Scherer wrote:
><i> Proposal 1:
</I>><i> 6 months release cycle -> 12 months life cycle
</I>
><i> Proposal 2:
</I>><i> 9 months release cycle -> 18 months life cycle
</I>
><i> Proposal 3:
</I>><i> 12 months release cycle -> 24 months life cycle
</I>
Regarding release cycles from a GNOME perspective (so 6 months):
+ 6 months is great for stability; with the various freezes and so on,
there is not a lot of development going on, so code doesn't become too
unstable
+ very predictable for everyone (releases + freezes are always in the
same period)
+ more immediate feedback from users
- developers might get too focussed on the 6 months, and development
might slow down after a few years (happened with GNOME 2.x until 3.0
was suggested)
to avoid it you need something like a 'feature map' (plan beforehand
what to do next and when you think the development would be done;
don't focus too much on the next version)
- big changes are difficult to do in 6 months; though you can branch and
so on, it isn't always possible (interaction between modules and so
on)
e.g. new GDM or the gnome-vfs -> gvfs switch
- stable release is not supported/looked after for too long
Distribution is of course different from just software, so feel free to
ignore.
There was discussion in the past to make a release every 6 months, but
work on it for 9 (there would be a 3 month overlap where developers had
to work on both branches). E.g. by having a restricted 'Mageia 2' while
still having an 'anything goes' Cauldron.
--
Regards,
Olav
</PRE>
<!--endarticle-->
<HR>
<P><UL>
<!--threads-->
<LI>Previous message: <A HREF="005662.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion
</A></li>
<LI>Next message: <A HREF="005809.html">[Mageia-dev] Release cycles proposals, and discussion
</A></li>
<LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B>
<a href="date.html#5712">[ date ]</a>
<a href="thread.html#5712">[ thread ]</a>
<a href="subject.html#5712">[ subject ]</a>
<a href="author.html#5712">[ author ]</a>
</LI>
</UL>
<hr>
<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev
mailing list</a><br>
</body></html>
|
