+1 On 3 September 2010 01:44, Jason van Zyl <ja...@sonatype.com> wrote:
> I think trying to release 3.0 sooner, and then sticking to 6 week release > cycles would be a better use of time. We're going to fix anything that > arises but I don't believe there will be widespread testing until 3.0 is > released, and I don't believe many will pick up 3.x in large-scale > production environments until 3.1. I think the faster we get 3.0 out the > better. > > Shoot for October 1st, and then have the 3.0.1 release with fixes for the > first wave of issues raised in mid-November. > > On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:34 PM, Brian Fox wrote: > > > Now that Maven 3 beta 3 is out with Guice and Aether, we can pretty > > safely call it feature complete. I'd like to propose a few goals to > > get some things done. We have ApacheCon coming up the first week of > > November, and it would be great to set that as a target to get Maven > > 3.0 out the door. > > > > So far the feedback on the betas has been good but fairly limited. I > > think that without a clear plan, and our history with this mammoth > > release, people are probably reluctant to spend a lot of time testing > > each beta. In the past we've been successful pushing out release > > candidate builds and involving the user list. If we start that > > soonish, there should be plenty of time to uncover and fix > > regressions, especially if everyone pitches in. There's even time to > > cut another beta before we launch into the RCs if it's needed. > > > > So first of all, Benjamin, Herve, Kristian you've collectively done > > the majority of the work in M3 recently. Do you think the above is > > achievable and desirable? What does everyone else think? > > > > Secondly, For me personally, I'm going to commit to get the Maven > > Index code committed and to push updated releases of the dependency > > and enforcer plugins before ApacheCon. Anyone else want to ante up for > > some chunk of work and get things rolling? > > > > Thanks, > > Brian > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > Thanks, > > Jason > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Jason van Zyl > Founder, Apache Maven > http://twitter.com/jvanzyl > --------------------------------------------------------- > > You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. > No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. > They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically > dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kind of > dogmas or goals, it's always because these dogmas or > goals are in doubt. > > -- Robert Pirzig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance > > > >
