On Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:32:36 -0200 Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbi...@profusion.mobi> said:
> Hi all, > > To avoid getting into the same situation as the current one, I'd like > to have a plan for the next release. > > I believe we should move to time-based releases such as kernel, > firefox and others do, making the life of distributions easier as > well. > > Freeze: 22-February > Alpha: 1-March > Beta: 8-March > Release: 15-March (guess, if no extra beta/alpha is required) > > It would be also great to define the policy of new features. With the > recent release we got some last-minute features to a codebase that was > very stable (multisense and lua for Edje), this added some turbulence > to the process and part of them were disabled at the end. > With that said, if you have big features please merge them > complete and at least somehow tested by more than you (ie: create a > branch, send patches to maillist, ...). Otherwise wait 4 weeks more > and you'll get it in! During this time you can easily keep the > aforementioned branch or patchset for broader test. > > What do you think? i'm totally against timed releases. so lets sat 22nd of feb rolls around and we have added NO new features... we just do a release anyway? or 22nd of feb rolls around and a feature is in the middle of being ironed out? we release half done? we have to unpatch the feature because of a magic date? no. not to mention the unholy mass of work it is to release so many god forsaken libraries all at once. i've had enough of this multi-library tree thing. things are going to change come hell or high water. forget setting release dates until releases are more manageable. i'll send a new mail on this shortly. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Systems Optimization Self Assessment Improve efficiency and utilization of IT resources. Drive out cost and improve service delivery. Take 5 minutes to use this Systems Optimization Self Assessment. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sdnl/114/51450054/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
