2.6 Release Schedule

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

On 18 August 2012 11:39, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
> 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.
>

It's asking for delaying release of one application by another. Let's
minimize that.

I acknowledge huge changes that happen in shared code causes global
delays. But in apps?

One month is rather huge delay given the current frequent release
scheme. Our web competitors release on daily basis.

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