Re: [Banshee-List] proposal to adopt the GNOME release schedule

[mlms13 <mlmartin13 gmail com>]

I agree that this looks like a really terrific plan.  I think that having
that many development releases - it looks like 7 additional 1.5.x releases -
between now and 1.6 is a great idea.  Banshee's development releases, and
even git master, have traditionally been quite stable, so lowering the
barrier for potential testers by making releases more often is definitely a
good idea.  More development releases -> a broader testing base -> more of
the little annoyances get discovered and fixed during the development cycle
-> really polished releases every six months.  I think this will be a really
good thing for Banshee.



gabaug wrote:
> 
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I think it would be valuable to Banshee as a project and community to
> adopt GNOME's release schedule.  We would put out big releases,
> intended to be picked up by various distros, on a six-month cycle.
> What do you think?
> 
> I've summarized the upcoming release schedule
> (http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointTwentynine/) and included a proposal
> for how Banshee could adopt it.
> 
> Date   Banshee        GNOME schedule
> 11-18  1.5.2 (11-20)  unstable release
> 12-02  1.5.3          unstable release
> 12-16  1.5.4          unstable release
> 12-23  1.5.5          unstable release
> 01-11                 announce string/UI changes
> 01-13  1.5.6          unstable release
> 01-18                 API freeze
> 01-25                 feature freeze
> 01-27  1.5.7          unstable release
> 02-08                 UI freeze
> 02-24  1.5.98         beta release
> 03-10  1.5.99         RC release
> 03-31  1.6.0          stable release
> 04-28  1.6.1          stable release
> 05-06  1.7.0          unstable release
> 
> I think this would really change Banshee in a great way.  Distros,
> translators, and documenters will know when to expect releases (and of
> what quality).
> 
> I've been itching to get 1.6 out, since we said we would try to get it
> out by August.  But the biggest reason for a new big release is to get
> it in front of users - and they do that by upgrading their distros, so
> we might as well align our schedule with GNOME and the distros.
> 
> Gabriel
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