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List:       kvm
Subject:    Re: Release plan for 0.12.0
From:       Juan Quintela <quintela () trasno ! org>
Date:       2009-09-30 17:03:52
Message-ID: m3ljjwnz47.fsf () neno ! mitica
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Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Luiz Capitulino wrote:
>> On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:54:53 -0500
>> Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> I think aiming for early to mid-December would give us roughly a 3
>>> month cycle and would align well with some of the Linux
>>> distribution cycles.  I'd like to limit things to a single -rc that
>>> lasted only for about a week.  This is enough time to fix most of
>>> the obvious issues I think.
>>>     
>>
>>  How do you plan to do it? I mean, are you going to create a separate branch
>> or make master the -rc?
>>
>>  Creating a separate branch (which is what we do today, iiuc) makes it
>> get less attention, freezing master for a certain period is the best
>> way to stabilize.
>>
>>  Is this what you had in mind?
>>   
> What do people think?
>
> One reason I branch is because some people care a bit less about
> releases so it makes the process non-disruptive to them.  If the other
> maintainers agreed though, I would certainly like to have the master
> branch essentially frozen for the week before the release.

I am not a maintainer, but I still think that it is a good idea :)

Later, Juan.
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