On Sun Sep 28 2003 at 18:30, Simon Oosthoek wrote: | On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 10:19:44AM +0200, Warly wrote: | > - What was wrong in 9.2 development process? | | I think the targets for a release should be set much earlier in the | process. Especially targets for nr of major bugs in the software to | be released.
I should have read Simon's post before writing mine. He more clearly stated what I meant by 'START EARLIER.' Much earlier. Perhaps now? What are the goals for 9.3/10? What can I do next weekend to help accomplish one of the goals? | Focus more on a small set of features that should work "perfectly" | and others that are nice to have but not critical. This should be | clearly linked with how people use mandrake-linux. Installer. Nothing drives a new convert away faster than not being able to complete an installation. Second, DrakeConnect so that a new user can get help on-line with any remaining problem. | > - Should we have cooker snapshot ISOs? | | would be nice, but maybe another approach would be better: | every week, "freeze" cooker so the mirrors can catch up. Make sure | a network upgrade can be done without glitches and have a few days | of testing of the current status. Fixes can then be added for the | next freeze. And on Sun Sep 28 2003 18:14, Emmanuel Moll wrote, in part: | | Don't mind since I have broadband (thank you Uni) but it is | true that having a time reference to the bugs would be good | (e.g. this bug is valid in cooker-20030707 etc...) Weekly may be too frequent. Perhaps days 14-15 and last two days of each month? Or irregularly scheduled but announced well in advance after a significant change? I can build my own bootable CDs and/or do network installs or upgrades from my home ftp mirror when I can keep it up- to-date, which isn't always easy with only dial-up Internet access. I vote for a few short freezes before beta 1 rather than ISOs (but be sure to tell everyone what packages most need testing). (from Emmanuel Moll's reply) | > - What could we do to improve 9.3/10.0 development. | | A more specific timeline available on Wiki. I.e. a lot of testers | found that they did not know when cooker entered a frozen state | etc... Why not have some "rounds" e.g. | -Suggestion round | -Features round | -Packages round (in accordance with the Club, of course) | etc... so that user know when their opinion will be heard. At the | moment, the whole "oh i think this package should be added" or | "this feature would be cool" at a RC1 stage is very messy. | Providing the users with a time frame (2-3 months) in which they | can submit their ideas for features would be good. I agree. Announce the time-frames for each round as early as feasible. Looking forward to an every-improving and growing Mandrake. Tree
