[rules-dev] [Proposal] Better release process: 2) 5.3.0.Beta1 in 6 weeks from now (5-AUG)

[Lukáš Petrovický]

Geoffrey De Smet píše v Pá 24. 06. 2011 v 12:25 +0200:
> 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.

+1 for a time-based fixed-length release cycle. It's quite popular these
days - Kernel, X.org, Fedora, Eclipse, recently Firefox... With Git,
it's very easy to keep stabilization branches and when Final is out, you
just merge all the changes back into master.

If it's done well, it makes the project more predictable and looks real
good.

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