Hi Bob, deployments like the ones in MSF with online/offline instances will definitely benefit from the approach that you described.
cheers Marta Marta On 3 February 2017 at 12:55, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolli...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lars, has there been any recent discussion over adopting an ubuntu-style > approach of two types of release? > > I think a lot of people running large national setups with 1000's of users > would be happy to see a long-term-service release maybe once a year with at > least guaranteed security related backports for maybe two years. Then > maybe two more bleeding edge releases in the year for those who really need > the latest functionality and have the agility to upgrade frequently. > > The numbers above can be different, but I think the idea of two types of > release might have some merit. I wonder what would be the main arguments > for and against. We want to continue to release-often-release-early to > maintain momentum. But also provide some stability. These aims tend to > work against each other :-) Anyway I'd be interested to hear what people > think. > > On 3 February 2017 at 09:40, Lars Helge Øverland <l...@dhis2.org> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> we would like to let you know that the release cycle for DHIS 2 will be >> be shifting from 4 to 3 yearly releases. The upcoming releases look like >> this: >> >> 2.27: June 1, 2017 >> 2.28: October 1, 2017 >> 2.29: February 1, 2018 >> >> >> A few observations led to this change: >> >> - The machinery around DHIS 2 of documentation, academy materials, >> release notes, web pages and so on is getting larger and the overhead of >> updating it for each release is becoming significant. >> >> - Implementing organizations seem to be lagging a few releases behind the >> latest on average in terms of testing and roll-out. This leads to a large >> demand for back-porting of fixes and even features, consuming a lot of >> developer time. >> >> >> So by reducing the number of releases by one we hope to reduce the >> overhead and free more time for new development. We promise to remain agile >> and user-driven in spite of this change. >> >> >> best regards, >> >> Lars >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lars Helge Øverland >> Lead developer, DHIS 2 >> University of Oslo >> Skype: larshelgeoverland >> l...@dhis2.org >> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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