Re: [Cooker] planning for mdv2008?

[Warly]

Simon Oosthoek <simon.oosthoek@ti-wmc.nl> writes:

> Hi all
>
> I'm usually one to participate in the usual "we need another RC"
> threads, so for once I thought, let's start about 11 months early ;-)
>
> The usual problem seems to be that the glue components aren't working
> well enough, due to last minute changes and lack of wide testing. So I
> wanted to propose a planning for cooker that would seem right to me (I
> can't make anyone listen, but I can shout in the wind can't I ;-)
>
> So, cooker planning:
>
> oct(+nov/dec?)'06: shake out bugs missed before 2007.0 final
> nov'06-mar'07: work out wild ideas, rewrites, new stuff for '08
> apr'07: freeze the release structure and mandriva tools
> jun'07: release early alpha ISOs (about beta1 quality)
> jul'07: freeze major versions of software components (maybe another beta)
> early aug'07: start frequent ISO beta releases
> early sep'07: if stable enough, start RC releases
> end sep'07: make final when install/upgrade bugs are fixed.

Likely we are coming back to a 6 months release cycle (4 months if I
manage to convince everybody, but unlikely).

-- 
Warly