On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 07:04:42PM +0100, Georg Baum wrote: > Pavel Sanda wrote: > > > I agree with JMarc that we could be flexible WRT shortcuting the dates in > > case things look good, but I also know that all plans we ever had for our > > releases were delayed. Let's see :) > > Yes, the plans get always delayed. Therefore I'd like a schedule with about > 3 weeks between the different stages (shorter does not make sense). > Depending on the alpha feedback we could also skip the beta, but lets see > how well it works.
OK sounds good. Since no one was in favor of skipping alpha to go to beta, I will proceed with the original plan for alpha and we will adjust the rest of the schedule after some feedback on alpha. > In any case it is important to be quite conservative regarding changes after > alpha, otherwise we throw away a good part of the testing effort. I am gaining an understanding and appreciation for this point that I did not have before. Scott