Apologies Geoff - Your email was obviously from all the way back in May. Obviously this was already cleared up.
On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > Geoff, > > I think you might be confusing previous Citrix road maps with the new > processes / community here at Apache. The point of this thread is to > establish the Apache CloudStack release schedule, and previous Citrix > discussions on the topic don't really apply anymore. > > However, I personally agree with your point about frequency being > important. IMO, shorter than 6 months is ideal. > > -chip > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Geoff Higginbottom > <geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >> My concern here is that the roadmap has lots of new features, and we do not >> want to be waiting 6 months for the next release which was due out in May >> >> Geoff >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] >> Sent: 14 May 2012 20:07 >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: [DISCUSS] releases going forward >> >> Hi folks, >> >> We had some chatter on private@ list regarding the approrpiateness of >> announcing the 3.0.2 release on the ASF-hosted lists - and that turned into >> a discussion of where we go from here with regards to releases with a few >> opinions circling on whether we should assume that it's the last release to >> be generated by Citrix - and when the Apache CloudStack community will >> assume responsibility. Matt dutifully reminded us that the discussion need >> not be private - and thus I am bringing that discussion here. >> >> The concern is that there is a fairly significant amount of work to be done >> to generate an Apache CloudStack release - a good deal of which will be >> trial and error and completely new processes. By way of reference - it >> appears that Apache OpenOffice took about 10 months from entering incubation >> to pushing out a release. I think we are substantially better off with less >> to migrate than AOO - but nonetheless it could be a non-trivial amount of >> time, whereas we have historically been doing about a release a month. >> >> At the same time, pushing out a Citrix-generated CloudStack release is a >> pretty closed process - QA happens behind closed doors, as does decision >> making about dates, release criteria, and virtually everything else. It also >> requires a non-trivial amount of work for folks who presumably would be >> otherwise engaged in pushing Apache CloudStack forward. >> >> While I certainly hope that 10 (or even 6) months doesn't go by without a >> release, my personal inclination is to focus on Apache CloudStack - but I am >> but one voice - please discuss. >> >> Thoughts, comments, flames? >> >> --David >> >> ShapeBlue provides a range of strategic and technical consulting services to >> help IT Service Providers and enterprises to build a true IaaS compute >> cloud. ShapeBlue’s expertise, combined with CloudStack technology, allows IT >> Service providers and enterprises to deliver true, utility based, IaaS to >> the customer without reengineering existing physical, virtual or storage >> layers. >> >> ________________________________ >> >> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended >> solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or >> opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily >> represent those of Shape Blue Ltd. If you are not the intended recipient of >> this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor >> copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have >> received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in >> England & Wales.
