+1 for quarterly releases On 17 Apr 2016 02:15, "Ryan Blue" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > It's been about 3 months since we released Avro 1.8.0 and we've already > accumulated several fixes that we should get out in a release. Sean > suggested it a few days ago, but I'm not sure if everyone saw that thread. > Anyone interested in being the release manager for 1.8.1? > > I think we should set a goal of a release about once each quarter. If we > let ourselves go 18 months between releases, then contributors can't use > their work soon enough to continue caring and contributing. > > I think a quarterly release goal is a good first step toward making the > project more contributor-friendly. For example, we usually have good > participation getting ready for releases so it's a good excuse to get some > reviews done in addition to getting committed fixes out the door. > > Thoughts and comments? > > rb > > > -- > Ryan Blue >
