D'oh! Heh. Thanks. On 3 November 2012 16:32, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote:
> On Nov 3, 2012, at 12:06 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On 2 November 2012 03:07, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> > wrote: > > > >> First, note the subject tag of "[ASFCS41]". I'm making 2 assumptions > >> right now. First, that we should adopt semantic versioning for our > >> versioning scheme. Second, that our next feature release will be > >> backward compatible with 4.0.0-incubating. > > > > Cool. Which would make it 5.0, then? > > > > Nope, 4.1.0. Key statement: "will be" > > > > >> * Developers, does a 2 month window to get new stuff into a master for > >> the feature release work? Do you think that this is enough time to > >> deal with the bugs that come out of testing? > > > > > > You might want to consider striping your releases, so you do a feature > > release, then two bug fix releases. > > > Yup, thats what we have been discussing. I'm only talking about the > feature release in this thread. > > > Consult the following WIP for more of an idea of what I mean: > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Roadmap_Process > > > > Quoted from that page (which has diagrams, so you're missing out): > > > > Feature > > > > > > > > Every three months, we will release a new feature release. > > > > > > > > These releases will contain any new features in them since the last > >> release, as well as any bugfixes. > > > > > > > > If the release contains breaking changes, it will be a major release, > else > >> it will be a minor release. > > > > > > > > Each feature release will be supported for 12 months. > > > > > > > > Therefor, at any one particular time, there should be four supported > >> feature releases. > > > > > > > > Bugfix > > > > > > > > Every month in-between the feature releases, we will release bugfix > >> releases. > > > > > > > > We will do a bugfix release for any supported feature releases, where > >> bugfixes are available. > > > > > > > > This may involve backporting the bugfix to four supported feature > releases. > > > > > > Just an idea at this stage, even for CouchDB. > > > > But would be interested in hearing how you think it might work for us, > here? > > > > > > -- > > NS > -- NS
