2.6 Release Schedule

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Saturday 18 August 2012 Aug, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
> On 18 August 2012 08:08, Cyrille Berger Skott <cberger at cberger.net> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 Aug 2012, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> >> On Tuesday 07 August 2012 Aug, Cyrille Berger Skott wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Here is the suggested schedule for 2.6:
> >> >
> >> > September 7th alpha tagging
> >> > September 28th branch+beta tagging
> >> > October 19th RC tagging
> >> >
> >> > Release expected early November
> >>
> >> Right now, I'm having a bit of a difficulty planning because I need to get
> >> Krita Sketch done by October as well. And there's the lut docker, which I
> >> can only finish properly when lcms2 gets its next release, and then
> >> there's the new opengl canvas... I don't say we won't be able to make
> >> this, but I just want to register an advance warning that for Krita at
> >> least, a purely time-based release is going to be difficult this time.
> > Anyone else has an opinion on that ?
> >
> > As far as I am concerned, if the lut docker is not in 2.6, there is still 2.7
> > around the corner. Or are you thinking that with an extra month you will have
> > time to finish all that ?
> 
> I am fine with the proposal. My approach is that if some fix/feature
> takes more time, I move it to subsequent release (thus I have extra
> month+) while still looking for easier but priority tasks for the
> upcoming release.

Yes, I know. It's a fine and beautiful theory.  All I am asking for is some flexibility in practice now and then, and that's why I warned, in plenty of time, about possible issues.

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Boudewijn Rempt
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