Re: Draft GNOME 1.4 schedule

["Julian Missig" <julian jabber org>]

What about maintainers of packages which are proposed for the GNOME Extras?
Should we be aiming for similar dates so there can be some kind of
coordinated release of the extra apps, or is it going to be much more
uncoordinated than real GNOME releases, simply saying something along the
lines of "GNOME Extra apps include blah, blah, blah" and leaving versions up
to the packager?
Also, when is a finalized GNOME Extras list expected?

Julian

----- Original Message -----
From: "Maciej Stachowiak" <mjs eazel com>
To: <gnome-hackers gnome org>
Cc: <gnome-1 4-list gnome org>
Sent: Tuesday, 23 January, 2001 21:38
Subject: Re: Draft GNOME 1.4 schedule


>
> The GNOME 1.4 Release Team came up with this release timetable which
> was approved by the GNOME Foundation Board of Directors. Please note
> the open issues section at the end.
>
> In particular, I would appreciate feedback from maintianers on the
> feasibility of the library freeze date. The freeze means basically you
> create a 1.4 branch for anything that doesn't already have a stable
> branch, and add only bug fixes, no more API changes or feature
> additions.
>
> Since the major new feature and major release risk factor is Nautilus,
> I have included numerous Nautilus dates for information
> purposes. Eazel management has agreed to release these dates and is
> strongly committed to making them.
>
> The GNOME dates are, as usual, subject to the bogon flux; the release
> team will do our best to meet them but a lot depends on many
> maintainers working togehter, so do not plan your product based on
> this date.
>
> I will check this file in as "timetable" in the "releng" module in
> gnome cvs shortly.
>
>
> 1/29  Nautilus PR3 release
>
> 2/1   Library freeze date - create 1.4 branches, bug fix only mode
> 2/8   Freeze date for everything else - bug fix only mode, branch as
needed
> 2/8   Drop dead date for packages - any proposed new packages which are
>       not ready will be dropped)
> 2/15  Package due date for GNOME 1.4 Beta 1 (maintainers must upload
>                                              packages by this date)
> 2/17  GNOME 1.4 Beta 1 (based on Nautilus PR3)
>
> 2/23  Nautilus 1.0 freeze
>
> 2/26  Nautilus release candidate tarballs released (0.9 or 0.99 or
>                                      something - done barring final Eazel
>                                      and community QA)
> 2/26  GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 package due date
> 2/28  GNOME 1.4 Beta 2 (based on Nautilus release candidate)
>
> 3/5   Nautilus 1.0 release
>
> 3/6   GNOME 1.4 beta 3 package due date
> 3/8   GNOME 1.4 Beta 3 (based on Nautilus 1.0)
> 3/8   Hard freeze except for docs and translations - code changes may
>       only go in for critical bugs as reviewed by Release Team (or the
>       GNOME Foundation board for hard cases).
>
> 3/16  GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1 package due date
> 3/18  GNOME 1.4 Release Candidate 1
> 3/18  Hard freeze for everything, including docs and translations -
>       code changes may only go in for critical bugs as reviewed by
>       Release Team and GNOME Foundation board.
>
> 3/25  GNOME 1.4 Final package due date - but no changes expected from RC1
> 3/27  GNOME 1.4 Final
>
>
> Notes:
>
> * Don Melton, Director of Client Engineering at Eazel sat in on the
>   releng meeting and confirms the Nautilus dates.
> * Jacob said he would make gnome-core releases in time for each beta
> * George fixed gdm2 and is working on xalf and grdb integration
> * This schedule is aggressive but on the edge of feasible. In the
>   worst case, by aiming for this schedule we will be doing fairly well
>   after slippage.
> * We will be tracking open release issues in the bugzilla.gnome.org
>   under the "GNOME 1.4 Release Engineering" product.
>
> Open issues:
>
> * Library freeze date must be checked with maintainers
> * Gtk release target dates (to raise with Owen)
> * new control-center release (boc can likely take care of it)
> * relevant bonobo dates, if any (to raise w/ Miguel and Michael)
> * PR dates - due dates for draft and final press releases, etc (Leslie
>   and Greg working on these)
> * Anything else I'm missing? Please let me know!
>
>
>
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