On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Hyrum K Wright <hyrum.wri...@wandisco.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Mark Phippard <markp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I would like to see us maintain a projected release date for 1.7 once we > > have moved to the RC phase. Most likely place to put it would be here: > > http://subversion.apache.org/roadmap.html > > I think including this date in the RC announcement would make the > > announcement stronger and encourage testing, although I am fine with just > > maintaining it on our dev@ list and website. > > We have a good idea when the release date will be, based on our defined > > policies. I think publicizing when we anticipate rolling the final > release > > tarball and likely release the signed version will simply eliminate > > confusion by letting everyone know in advance when these events are going > to > > happen. This also makes it easier for our downstream ecosystem, such as > > TortoiseSVN, Subclipse, AnkhSVN etc. to know when to expect the release > so > > that they can better plan their own releases. > > If we need to create a new RC and restart the soak period, then we can > just > > update the date to reflect this but at least we can all be on the same > page > > about it and give our downstream a proper heads-up on the change and what > > that means for the new date. > > Based on my math, if we roll RC1 this week and release on Monday, then > add 4 > > weeks for the soak and we have Sept. 19. Assuming we roll final tarball > on > > Weds (Sept 21) we would then expect to release on Monday Sept 26. > > IIRC, we can roll the final before the end of the soak, so as to > release when the 4-week soak is up. > FWIW, that is what I meant by eliminating confusion. It seems like we rarely have a good feel across the project for when these dates are going to be. I do not have my heart set on any specific date, I just want to know what it is going to be so I can plan accordingly. As an example, I might be traveling the week of Sept 19th and if I know we are going to roll the GA that week I can make arrangements (setup remote access to my workstation) to be able to still test and sign the tarball. -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/
