W dniu 17.05.2011 10:54, Alexandros Frantzis pisze:
Hi all,
I completely missed the Linaro release process session during LDS, but
here are my thoughts on the Linaro development cycle.
Currently, the Linaro cycle lags behind the Ubuntu cycle by one month.
This is done so that the Linaro releases are based on a stable system.
Unfortunately, this scheme causes some disruption for me (and I suspect for
other engineers, too). The problem is that while the current Linaro cycle is
still ongoing, we need to start planning for next-cycle/LDS, attend LDS and
after that investigate some more and create the specifications. This is hard
and time consuming work and I am sure not many people (including me) can
continue to work effectively on their remaining work items while drafting
specifications or attending LDS. The problem is exacerbated further because the
end of cycle is usually a very strenuous period for engineers.
So my questions/suggestions are:
1. Do other engineers feel this way?
Yes. I think that linaro has 5-month cycle with one month squandered on
LDS, blueprints and catch-up with the previous release where we are
still (supposedly) going to make improvements.
I would rather have the very same cycle or even one cycle _before_
Ubuntu ships so that by the time we're at UDS we can have a UDS/sprint
hybrid where we already discussed some things earlier, already have some
blueprints and code rolling.
2. From people's experience, has the one-month-after-ubuntu schedule provided
concrete advantages? Could we get away with less (e.g. one week)?
From my point of view it's hard to judge as Validation is strictly
outside the main archive, kernel and toolchain where we mostly interact
with our Ubuntu brethren. It is however interesting to consider how our
cycle would impact Ubuntu if _all_ of Linaro were really releasing once
a month.
Thoughts?
Thanks for bringing this up Alf :-)
Best regards
ZK
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