On Thu, 17 May 2018 13:47:18 -0400 Mike Blumenkrantz <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> said:
> I think we should make it a policy going forward that the stabilization > period cannot begin until all pending patch submissions have been reviewed. > There are still a ton of patches out there which haven't been looked at, > and "I didn't feel like reviewing patches" should never be a reason why > patches don't make it into a release. > > This doesn't mean that all patches need to be merged, but patches submitted > during a release cycle should at least be reviewed during that cycle. that's going to add months then to this. there are a lot of patches out there. as a policy 4 in general this would hold releases hostage to patches and their review. if there just are a lot of them submitted or there already, or take time for review (some patches are trivial and take minutes, some take hours). holding a release hostage to this is IMHO a very bad idea. > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 10:32 AM Al Poole <nets...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Beautiful. > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:14 PM, Stefan Schmidt < > > ste...@datenfreihafen.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hello. > > > > > > Another update on this. > > > > > > On 08.05.2018 21:41, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > On 04/27/2018 01:38 PM, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > > > > > > > > There sadly has not been as much progress as hoped for. > > > > I still wait for the following items: > > > > > > > > o Cedric's last branch to be merged (lifecycle?). What is the status > > > here? Maybe its to massive to get landed for 1.21? I have been told it > > > > would be merged like 10 days ago. > > > > > > This is the one getting me stomachache. It keeps postponing with new > > > problems being found. And surely there will be more problems showing up > > > when merged into master. > > > > > > Cedric, you think you can get this in until Tuesday? I wanted to start > > > the freeze end of next week, more below. > > > > > > > o https://phab.enlightenment.org/D5908 needs review > > > > > > Merged now. > > > > > > > o https://phab.enlightenment.org/D6046 needs review > > > > > > Still in progress. Raster, could you check if the added comment > > > addressed your concern? > > > > > > > o Comments on the flat theme from Raster > > > > > > We talked about it again and this will keep going in parallel with the > > > hopes to have it ready and merged into master before the release. I am > > > willing to have an exception here as the theme should be isolated enough > > > to not cause to much trouble when being merged late. We still should > > > make a call if we have it in or not two weeks before the release (beta2 > > > time). > > > > > > > Once we have these sorted we can start with the stabilization phase. > > > > As we have no date for this yet I can only give a rough schedule to > > give > > > people an idea. > > > > This needs to be updated once we start with the alpha. > > > > > > Besides the lifecycle branch I think we are in shape now to start the > > > stabilization. Nothing else besides the ones above have been brought up. > > > > > > It seems time to get into the huge backlog of bugs to get them fixed. :-) > > > > > > The idea is now to have the freeze starting end of next week. The items > > > from above have been mentioned early enough that I might be ok to have > > > them slip in after the alpha, but don't count on it. Instead try to make > > > sure you get them in until Monday or Tuesday. > > > > > > Here is an updated schedule I put up for discussion. Speak up NOW if you > > > have problems with it. > > > > > > === Schedule === > > > 2018-05-24 Merge window is over. (handled by Stefan) > > > * Only bug fixes from this point > > > * Alpha release tarball > > > * We really need to sort out if we have bigger issues lingering around > > > due to all the last minute rush > > > 2018-06-18 Beta1 release tarball (handled by Raster) > > > * Only critical fixes from this point > > > 2018-06-25 Beta2 release tarball (handled by Raster) > > > 2018-07-02 Beta3 release tarball (handled by Raster) > > > 2018-07-09 EFL 1.21 is out (handled by Stefan) > > > > > > This would basically bring it down to a 6 weeks stabilization window. > > > > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > regards > > > Stefan Schmidt > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > ------------------ > > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > > _______________________________________________ > > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > > _______________________________________________ > > enlightenment-devel mailing list > > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
