> On 19 Nov 2018, at 17:13, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> wrote:
>
> Hi devs,
>
> Some devs mentioned it’s too hard to release the N.11 release since it
> happens around Christmas every year.
>
> Here’s a proposal:
>
> * Shorten the cycle to 11 releases instead of 12.
> * Release N.9 at end of Nov
> * Release N.10 at end of first week of Jan. Note: N.10RC1 would be released
> mid December (about 17th of Dec to have 3 weeks of RC).
> * Release N+1.0 at end of February. Start of N+1.0 work
^^^
I forgot the end of the sentence:
Start of N+1.0 work will be when N.10 final is released, i.e. at beginning of
second week of January.
Thanks
-Vincent
>
> Pros:
> * No release during Christmas, yeah :)
> * More time to prepare the first LTS bugfix release, i.e. N.10.1, which can
> be done during the month of January.
> * More time for the first released of N+1 (i.e. N+1.0). This is important
> since that’s the release where we can do heavy refactoring and it’s not bad
> to get some more time.
>
> Cons:
> * One less release
>
> WDYT? Do you see other cons?
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent
>
