On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 00:30 +0300, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 08/21/2012 12:20 AM, Dave Neary wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 08/20/2012 11:14 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: > >> On 08/20/2012 05:43 PM, Dave Neary wrote: > >>>> Please think about release criteria and whether or not we want to > >>>> add/remove/change things for this release. This needs to be determined > >>>> now to make sure that the release process runs smoother down the line. > >>> > >>> Beyond the release criteria, there's the main goal of the release - what > >>> is the major problem oVirt users have that we can fix for the next > >>> release, for example? > > <snip> > > > >> my view - that would be great, but such goals should be suggested by > >> someone also committing to delivering them per the planned schedule. > > > > I agree - it's one of the things which I've found tricky to understand > > re the release manager role - the project maintainer is the one who > > should, I think, be setting the scope of the release, and the release > > manager is merely ensuring that everyone is aware of where we are within > > that scope. > > > > Since 3.1 is my first oVirt release, perhaps someone could explain how > > the scope of the 3.1 release was decided after the 3.0 release, and how > > we fared against that original plan during the release cycle? > > we didn't define a scope for 3.1. people suggested features during the > version and we did some fine tuning in the end on timing since some > seemed worth the extra time to close/stabilize them. > > in general, I think we should define the schedule for 3.2, then see > which features people would suggest to try and make the timeframe. > > in general, I think it should be a 3-month version (we said we wanted to > move to 6 months cycle after the first few versions. I think we should > stay on 3 months especially since 3.1 took longer to get the final > blockers out and until released). >
I think I agree on the shorter time-table for 3.2. I also think we should get a list of features and commit to it and track against it on the weekly call. The 3-month schedule would put us in mid-November to early-December which I think is reasonable. Mike > > > > Cheers, > > Dave. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Board mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ Board mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/board
