Re: Announcing a pilot for docs release schedule with string freeze

[Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:14:32 -0400
Jeremy Bicha <jbicha ubuntu com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 1:17 PM, Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org> wrote:
> > With the new stable release out, I wanted to ask you to provide feedback on
> > the user docs string freeze pilot. Did you find it useful and worth
> > continuing?
>
> I like the Docs String Freeze. I think it would help if the Docs would
> only be unfrozen for say, the gnome-3-28 series if the person commits
> to doing a new 3.28 release. Personally, I don't see for a formal
> future point release schedule (as long as we have an announced Freeze
> two weeks ahead of release for translators).

Maybe we could just branch for stable later in the stable cycle, for a .2
release, for instance. That would still allow for content development,
including minor fixes such as typos, in stable.
 
> I don't find the 3.26.1 / 3.26.1.1 double release to be helpful. Just
> do the single 3.26.1 release with translations. Are there translators
> that need the tarball release to do their work? Or can they just run
> yelp from the git branch?

Translators can work with the branch from their clone, as everybody
else. We only need the tarballs to deliver the stuff to distros and the
website.

Cheers,
pk