On Wed, September 21, 2005 14:36, Paul Drain wrote: > >> There are some specific issues I'd like to address: >> >> - In past releases, we did not specify an exact time when tarballs >> were due nor when >> freezes began. This ended up causing some misunderstandings, cut >> down on testing >> time, and made it harder for release-oriented projects (e.g. live >> cd, garnome). So I'd like >> to make this precise. > > This would be great. One of the biggest issues a project like GARNOME > has is the time it takes to run up a full testing platform on a box -- > In 2.8.x, 2.10.x and 2.12.0, tarballs kept arriving on ftp.gnome.org > right up until the release notes were published, which made it hard to > get something that matched the released code out at the exact moment > upstream was ready to go. > > If someone was to say, "$(time) UTC on $(date) is the cut-off" -- it > means the 'core GARNOMEies' who assist in it's development can say > 'there are X hours to compile everything, work around any last minute > glitches and write some release notes' -- and the whole process becomes > much easier from a maintainer POV.
Note that the release team also compiles everything and verifies that everything is working okay before the release happens :-) So it will make the process easier for everyone. Except for the maintainers. This is why Elijah is asking if it's okay for everyone, I suppose ;-) Vincent -- Les gens heureux ne sont pas pressés. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list