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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Re-spin process
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I would agree with Jochen if Europa was a product and if there indeed
was some coordinated testing that would become harder if respins were
done on a regular basis. As it stands now, I think a moving target is an
excellent idea. Each project is responsible for their own bugfix release
schedule. Why would we coordinate each bugfix release with all of
Europa? It doesn't make sense.
- thomas
Jochen Krause wrote:
Europa has been called a "coordinated release". The proposal to make it
a "moving target" is a contradiction with "release" to me. To me a
release implies testing, and I can't imagine that we want to put all the
testing effort into every respin that we did put into the June 29
release. Also for the packaging project I dislike the idea of changing
the packages once a week (once a day), no matter if the build process is
fully automated or not.
If projects want to release updates / patches they can use their update
sites for it. This way users can pick up the changes as easy as from a
central europa site, but it is clear that this comes from one project,
and is not a coordinated release. David brought up a good point with the
legal issues with "releasing", and I suggest that we seek clarification
with Janet.
Also from a developers point of view I am in favour of having scheduled
releases, major and minor, and to deliver at a fixed date. It puts a
positive pressure on me, and I can relax after the release.
Jochen
