David Crossley wrote: > Ross Gardler wrote: > > David Crossley wrote: > > >Let us get some planning happening or we are going to have trouble > > >getting the release out. > > > > > >We obviously missed the dates of 2003-03-25 and 2005-03-22 > > >because we need code-freeze and testing for one week beforehand. > > > > > >I suggest the following release plan: > > > > > >Code freeze and testing starts on 2005-03-30 which is > > >two days after Easter. During "code freeze" we cannot add any > > >new functionality, just bug fixes and documentation tweaks. > > >We create the release candidates for both Windows and UNIX on > > >this day and start the vote. > > > > > >If changes have been made during the week, then we create > > >another set of release candidates on 2005-04-05 to give people > > >time to verify the signatures and checksums and to do final tests. > > > > > >Actual release date Wednesday 2005-04-06 then wait 24 hours > > >for the mirrors to receive it before sending the announcements. > > > > > >If anyone wants any different, then please propose another > > >release plan. > > > > I'm still snowed under with a project that keeps getting extended. It is > > due to finish (again) the end of this week. > > > > I'll do what I can but cannot be certain of my undivided attention. > > Well, we are all busy and all snowed under. No one expects anybody's > total attention. We just do what we can. > > The focus of the release should mainly be about getting the > versioning of docs and website fixed. > > We can play down the plugins aspect for this release and make > a 0.8 soon especially for plugins. For now we just need to > ensure that the main infrastructure is working. That should > take the pressure off you, Mr Plugins. > > What worries me is that we don't hear many other people stepping > up to help with the release. So maybe we need to delay it for > another week or two.
Sorry to everyone who was expecting a release, but the freeze date has passed and we are not ready. We need people, both committers and developers, to assist with documentation and outstanding issues. --David
