I don't believe we can ever get the release perfect, but knowing the dates right after the previous release would help with the planning.
Maybe the last 2 weeks should be done using a release branch? We have community people working on new features and using the master to get the codes stable would slow them down. 5.2.x branch was pretty long, still I didn't find it that hard to cherry pick and merge my bug fixes.

Toni

On Jun 24, 2011, at 1:25 PM, Geoffrey De Smet wrote:

If we do more releases, the releases process will become easier and maybe even a non-event.
At least, I believe that paradox :)

Here's what I propose:
- For the next 4 weeks, until 22-JUL, we focus on big, risky features.
- The 2 weeks after that, until 5-AUG, we focus on bugfixing and avoid risky changes.
On 5-AUG, I release 5.3.0.Beta1 directly from master.
If needed, we can call it 5.3.0.Alpha1 instead.

This will allow our users to verify backwards compatibility and new features sooner
and give us feed-back sooner.

What do you think? Good idea or too ambitious?
-- 
With kind regards,
Geoffrey De Smet
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