Re: [cdt-dev] 8.5 release

[Doug Schaefer <cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I'll challenge the notion that we have to deliver anything on the SRs. There's no requirement for that.

On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> It is true that if we were on our own, a timeline of June-December would seem best.
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> However, we cannot avoid the SR1 and SR2 releases from the train.  With this in mind
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> our choices are:
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> Luna – June 2014
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> SR1 – Sept 2014 (3 months later)
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> SR2 – Feb 2015 (5 months later)
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> Mars – June 2015 (3 months later)
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> or
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> Luna – June 2014
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> SR1 – Sept 2014 (3 months later)
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> CDT Dec release (3 months later)
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> SR2 – Feb 2015 (2 months later)
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> Mars – June 2015 (3 months later)
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> The value of a December release would then be to release 2 months earlier to the users.
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> Is that worth the overhead and complexity of having a 4th and non-aligned release?
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> I personally don’t think so.  The users are already getting features 9 months and 4 months
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> faster than what we used to provide.
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> Furthermore, it would make the SR2 release so close behind that it would pretty much be useless
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> (but yet, we’d have to do it anyway).
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> So with our current schedule, short features can be provided 3 months after the summer
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> release, while bigger ones arrive 8 months after the summer release, and we keep the overhead
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> smaller.
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> Marc
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> P.S. If we were to discuss a floating release time or an almost continuous release cycle, then
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> things may be different.  But if we are to fix a date for a release, might as well coincide with
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> a release we are doing already.
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> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 2:27 PM
> To: CDT General developers list.
> Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] 8.5 release
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> I think so. 6 months is the sweet spot IMHO. A Dec release works. If we get the check for updates working properly, we can release the CDT any time. As long as the C++ IDE points to the right repo we can just update it.
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> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014, Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The natural middle ground between once a year and three times a year,
>> is twice a year. It wouldn't align exactly with the platform SRs, but the
>> mid-cycle release could still go into SR2.
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>> Regards,
>> Nate
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>> ________________________________
>>> From: dschaefer@xxxxxxx
>>> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 18:08:39 +0000
>>> Subject: [cdt-dev] Fw: 8.5 release
>>>
>>> ‎Try again.
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
>>> From: cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:07 PM
>>> To: Doug Schaefer
>>> Subject: Fw: 8.5 release
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>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
>>> From: cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:06 PM
>>> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: 8.5 release
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>>>
>>> ‎My phone is having trouble responding to emails from the list.
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>>> Anyway, I think we need to reconsider the 4 month release cycle,
>>> especially the one over the summer.‎ It's too short to do serious
>>> features and if you miss it, it's a long wait still for the next one.
>>>
>>> We can probably figure a way to release the C++ IDE when we want.
>>> Something to think about.
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
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>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
>>> From: cdtdoug@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:06 PM
>>> To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: 8.5 release
>>>
>>>
>>> ‎My phone is having trouble responding to emails from the list.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I think we need to reconsider the 4 month release cycle,
>>> especially the one over the summer.‎ It's too short to do serious
>>> features and if you miss it, it's a long wait still for the next one.
>>>
>>> We can probably figure a way to release the C++ IDE when we want.
>>> Something to think about.
>>>
>>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
>>>
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