[cross-project-issues-dev] Reminder we start "1 week window" for M4

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Since I had to clear this up in TWO meetings I was at today ... I figured I
would remind everyone else, too.

The platform M4 (+0 day) is scheduled for Friday, 12/9.
The Simultaneous M4 is scheduled for 12/16. One week later!
See
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Juno/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#Schedule

This means Monday (12/12) is +1, Tuesday (12/13) is +2 and Wednesday
(12/14) is +3 with EPP builds and tests on Thursday, 12/15.  The final
"aggregation build" will be expected to be 12/14 roughly 5 PM Eastern. All
declared and made visible the morning of 12/16.

We do this "shrinkage" to 1 week in December primarily due to the holidays
(12/23 doesn't sound like a safe deadline for anything)
but we always want to get to "1 week" at some point, so we've always done
it in December.

I was going to send this reminder next week ... but ... since the two
groups I was talking to today should have known better :) I thought an
earlier reminder would be best.

I suspect it won't be an "easy" milestone ... given some version changes,
(one obvious one is "javax.servlet" ... I know it effects WTP:
http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/wtp-dev/msg08294.html)

so I appreciate everyone's (calm and patient  :) progress towards this
final milestone for 2011.

Let us know if issues or questions.

Much thanks,