Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:03:15 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: "Joe S" <js.lists@gmail.com> Cc: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Jonathan McKeown <jonathan+freebsd-questions@hst.org.za> Subject: Re: Release schedules Message-ID: <18754.42851.295211.155980@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <f2c294a10812120920l4d11bebfgd5c9208336b075b@mail.gmail.com> References: <200811121259.25046.jonathan%2Bfreebsd-questions@hst.org.za> <20081112120147.GA62386@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <f2c294a10812120920l4d11bebfgd5c9208336b075b@mail.gmail.com>
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Joe S writes: > >> What on earth is going on with release scheduling? > > > > Two words: volunteer project > > > > I would propose to do away with the release schedule altogether, or make > > it very succinct; > > > > next release: when it's done. > > What? Isn't that the Linux kernel schedule? "When it's ready" used to be the scheduling principle. Then came 5.0 debacle: behind schedule big-time (and arguably not ready when it went out the door). I remember discussion afterwards, where there seemed to be agreement there ought to be a more-or-less regular schedule of major releases every two years (plus or minus) with minor releases every few months. Looking at "www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html", that's getting stretched. The RC-1 announcement for 7.1, originally scheduled for early September, is now listed as last week ... and didn't actually happen. (Unless I missed the memo.) Robert Huff
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