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Subject: Re: Release schedule proposal

Re: Release schedule proposal

From: Frank Gevaerts <frank_at_gevaerts.be>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2008 01:56:38 +0100

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 11:10:46PM +0100, Jonas Häggqvist wrote:
> Paul Louden wrote:
> > Is there something that "4 months is enough to get new features in, but
> > 3 months isn't" is based on
>
> No, it's mostly just a feeling that with a release coming up every 3
> months, that's going to take up time and perhaps hold developers back a
> bit, and 3 releases per year is going to do that to a (slightly) lesser
> extent.

I think there's a reasonable chance that attempted 3-month cycles will
turn out to take 4 months anyway (and 4-month atempts would take 5
months), so I think staying with 3 months is a good idea

Frank

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Received on 2008-11-09

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