There are only a few things I would add to Darby's description: 1) Preview releases are not release candidates. That is, there might be omissions that we will be filling out, like tests, docs, etc. Also there is no guarantee, implied or otherwise, that the GA Release will be fully backwards compatible with the Preview Release. GA's will typically be fully backward compatible with release candidates (with exceptions in only the extreme cases, such as an issue that can't be fixed without changing an API). 2) Preview releases may not pass all unit tests. That is to say, some integration work and testing may be required before the GA Release. Test coverage will be at acceptable levels since this is a prerequisite for merging to core. 3) The value of the preview release is ultimately up to the community. We'd like to see as much feedback and bug reports as possible. The more bugs filed against the preview release, the fewer RC's we'll need and likely the quicker we'll get to the GA release. :)
Thanks. ,Wil > -----Original Message----- > From: Darby Felton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 12:19 PM > To: Tobias Gies > Cc: Zend Framework General > Subject: Re: [fw-general] Zend Framework 1.5 Preview Release schedule > > Hi Tobias, > > Yes, I think yours is a fairly accurate description of what will be the > 1.5 Preview Release. One of the reasons for the release is to get the > new functionality out to the community for the preview, testing, and > feedback needed to iron out any wrinkles in the APIs and to squash bugs > for approaching a viable 1.5 release candidate. > > Best regards, > Darby > > Tobias Gies wrote: > > Hi Darby, > > > > great news! However, one question: What do you call a "Preview > Release"? > > a feature complete version of ZF 1.5 that's free for bughunting? > > > > Regards, > > Tobias > > > > 2008/1/10, Darby Felton <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > > > Hi all, > > > > It's that time again when Zend Framework is ramping up for > another > > release, and this one is shaping up to be quite significant. New > > features that were not merged to the release-1.0 branch and were > not > > included with mini-release versions (i.e., 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and > 1.0.3) will > > be included with this next release, Zend Framework 1.5 Preview > Release. > > > > The purpose of this message is to let developers know of the > currently > > planned schedule for the release. > > > > The code freeze for this release is planned for Tuesday, January > 22 at > > 21:00 (PST). Upon commencement of the code freeze, nothing should > be > > merged to the upcoming 1.5 release branch without approval from > one of > > the Zend team (Alex, Matthew, Wil, or myself). Development may of > course > > continue in the trunk as usual, and the release branch code > freeze would > > be lifted as soon as the release is made available. :) > > > > Thank you all for contributing to Zend Framework and making these > > releases possible! :) > > > > Best regards, > > Darby > > > >
