+1 > On Apr 4, 2018, at 5:06 PM, Nate McCall <zznat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Top-posting as I think this summary is on point - thanks, Scott! (And > great to have you back, btw). > > It feels to me like we are coalescing on two points: > 1. June 1 as a freeze for alpha > 2. "Stable" is the new "Exciting" (and the testing and dogfooding > implied by such before a GA) > > How do folks feel about the above points? > > >> Re-raising a point made earlier in the thread by Jeff and affirmed by Josh: >> >> ––– >> Jeff: >>>> A hard date for a feature freeze makes sense, a hard date for a release >>>> does not. >> >> Josh: >>> Strongly agree. We should also collectively define what "Done" looks like >>> post freeze so we don't end up in bike-shedding hell like we have in the >>> past. >> ––– >> >> Another way of saying this: ensuring that the 4.0 release is of high quality >> is more important than cutting the release on a specific date. >> >> If we adopt Sylvain's suggestion of freezing features on a "feature >> complete" date (modulo a "definition of done" as Josh suggested), that will >> help us align toward the polish, performance work, and dog-fooding needed to >> feel great about shipping 4.0. It's a good time to start thinking about the >> approaches to testing, profiling, and dog-fooding various contributors will >> want to take on before release. >> >> I love how Ben put it: >> >>> An "exciting" 4.0 release to me is one that is stable and usable >>> with no perf regressions on day 1 and includes some of the big >>> internal changes mentioned previously. >>> >>> This will set the community up well for some awesome and exciting >>> stuff that will still be in the pipeline if it doesn't make it to 4.0. >> >> That sounds great to me, too. >> >> – Scott > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cassandra.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cassandra.apache.org >
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