Whatever I do at home may be bleeding edge, but once I step in the office ... well, I haven't pushed very hard for bleeding edge, but I'd like to acquire a bit more tenure at my current position before I try to "agressively encourage" usage of bleeding-edge stuff -- irrespective of the amount of faith I have in it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Husted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: When is a release ready for primetime (was [VOTE] HTTPD ...)
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:05:10 -0500, Joe Germuska wrote:
What I do think we've been doing wrong is rushing to vote on a release right after it is cut. As I noted before, from the framework we've laid out, I would consider it totally normal for us to change (upward) the status of a release from test/alpha to beta to GA. In fact, I might even say that once we verify that a release is not fundamentally flawed, we should have a mandatory cooling off period before it would be appropriate to make a vote.
Something that is mentioned in the HTTP guidelines is that before certifying a release GA, "... the group has liked to see approximately 48-72 hours of usage in production to certify that the release is functional in the real world."
Personally, I think this would be a good guideline for PMC members to follow. If you vote +1 for GA, it should imply that you are already using the distribution in production yourself, and have done so for several business days. Of course, a +1 also implies that you will support the release, as always.
If we don't have the courage to use a distribution in our own work, then we should not be advising others to do the same :)
-Ted.
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