+1 Thanks, Eduard
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:44 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi devs, > > When we look at our roadmap at > http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Roadmaps/ we can see that there are > some issues that we wanted fixed in 6.4 and that are not done yet and they > wouldn’t fit in a RC: > > - batch mail feature (ability to send large volumes of mails) > - several outstanding issues for flamingo > - "Move the "Pretty Name" and Description sections from the Main Wiki to > their respective subwiki Administration page” > - "Extension Manager add extension search should suggest only compatible > versions > - Addition of Ratings feature in Repository app > > In summary, we’re very very late and not in a good shape, and holidays are > coming soon… > > So I’m proposing the following: > - release 6.4M2 this week (Edy to do the release) > - add a 6.4M3 release spanning 2 weeks, to be released on 5th > - move the RC to 12th of Jan > - move the final to 19th of Jan. > > Overall this means a delay of 3 weeks compared to our initial plan of: > - 6.4M1: --1st of Dec-- 3rd of Dec > - 6.4M2: 15 Dec > - 6.4RC1: 22 Dec > - 6.4Final: 29 Dec > > This is not nice obviously since it impacts our ability to start XWiki 7.0 > at beginning of January but I don’t see any other option. > > Note that the reason why it’s important to have these features in 6.x is > because a lot of users are still on 5.x or older and are going to move to > 6.x during the coming year and it’ll be another year before they move to > some XWiki 7.x release so we need to close the 6.x cycle nicely. > > Also note that I’ve considered adding a 6.5 release but I think it’s > better to extend 6.4 because: > - our cycles go from N.0 to N.4 > - adding a full release would delay the starting date of 7.0 dev even more > > Also note that we’ll probably have 6.4.1, 6.4.2, … stabilization releases > too. > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
