On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:44 PM, 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. >
Fine with me. Then lets announce that intention to the user list now and get the page updated to make it easy for people to find the betas. > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org
