On May 29, 2013, at 7:59 PM, John Burwell <jburw...@basho.com> wrote:
> All, > > Since we have taken an eight (8) week delay completing the 4.1.0 release, I > would like propose that we re-evaluate the timelines for the 4.2.0 release. > When the schedule was originally conceived, it was intended that the project > would have eight (8) weeks to focus exclusively on 4.2.0 development. > Unfortunately, this delay has created an unfortunate conflict between > squashing 4.1.0 bugs and completing 4.2.0 features. I propose that we > acknowledge this schedule impact, and push back the 4.2.0 feature freeze date > by eight (8) weeks to 2 August 2013. This delay will give the project time > to properly review merges and address issues holistically, and, hopefully, > relieve a good bit of the stress incurred by the simultaneous 4.1.0 and 4.2.0 > activities. > > Thanks, > -John This is a reasonable idea IMO. I'd probably only extend by a month personally, but your logic is sound. I'd much rather have reasoned discussions about code than argue procedural issues about timing any day. This might help facilitate that on some of the features folks are scrambling to complete. Others?