On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Eduard Moraru <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > Thanks, > Eduard >
With the mention that I will also not be available during the holidays and any work I can do is today and tomorrow, plus the RC1 part in January. 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
