Re: 3.26 retrospective

2017-09-25 Thread Allan Day
Andre Klapper wrote: ... > > The issue I've identified is large changes landing just before the > > freeze. Typically these large changes require subsequent smaller > > changes to make them release-ready, which often requires close design > > involvement. > > I don't know the best solution either

Re: 3.26 retrospective

2017-09-24 Thread Andre Klapper
Comments below. On Wed, 2017-09-20 at 16:40 +0100, Allan Day wrote: > ... > > > Extend the UI freeze (or create a freeze period for major UI > > > changes) and require that breaks get design approval. > > > > > > > What would extending the freeze accomplish? We already have a long > > UI freeze

Re: 3.26 retrospective

2017-09-20 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 8:58 AM wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Allan Day wrote: > > Extend the UI freeze (or create a freeze period for major UI changes) > > and require that breaks get design approval. > > What would extending the freeze accomplish? We already have a long UI > freeze

Re: 3.26 retrospective

2017-09-20 Thread Allan Day
Hey Michael, Thanks for your quick reply. Do bear in mind that these are just ideas; I'm happy to discard any that don't make sense! wrote: ... > Extend the UI freeze (or create a freeze period for major UI changes) and >> require that breaks get design approval. >> > > What would extending the

Re: 3.26 retrospective

2017-09-20 Thread mcatanzaro
On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 4:50 AM, Allan Day wrote: Extend the UI freeze (or create a freeze period for major UI changes) and require that breaks get design approval. What would extending the freeze accomplish? We already have a long UI freeze (five weeks). Wouldn't extending the freeze just ma

3.26 retrospective

2017-09-20 Thread Allan Day
Hi all, I personally found 3.26 to be a difficult release and thought that it might be useful to share some of my experiences, along with some thoughts on how to improve things for next time around. The issues I encountered: 1. We had two big features that landed very close to UI freeze, both