Then, it would probably be a good idea to analyze if it's worth having two global jams per cycle - one for packaging/design stuff, and other one for docs/translations.
On 07/31/2014 10:22 PM, Michael Hall wrote: > > On 07/31/2014 11:16 PM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: >> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:39 PM, José Antonio Rey <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >>> I would be for doing it on the week of the 4th September. That way, if >>> someone cannot finish something (as an example, in the documentation), >>> they will have more time to finish. I am saying this because most of the >>> contributions are to the docs, and the dates you are proposing are just >>> one week before doc freeze. Any other ideas? >> >> I think the proposed dates are alright, and September 5-7 would be ok >> too (Labor day in US is Sept 1, so no conflict there), but I'd really >> rather see these Jams planned further ahead in general (too late for >> this cycle). Daniel's proposed date is after both Feature and UI >> Freeze, making packaging jams and anything related to design not very >> useful if someone wants to contribute to this release - and having a >> package sit in a queue until the next release opens is really no fun. >> Doing it earlier in the cycle would still allow for great Testing and >> Bug jams, and squeeze packaging back in. >> > > We went back and forth on this. Having the jam earlier allows bug fixes > and package updates, but it doesn't make sense for translations or even > a lot of docs (screenshots) if it's before UI Freeze. There are some > things that must be done earlier in the cycle, and some that must be > done later, so no single date would allow for everything. > >> While the Docs team does appreciate having the Jam before freeze this >> time (thank you!), it does mean they only have a week to review the >> merge proposals before freeze, putting a bit of pressure on reviewing >> these in addition to any other last minute things that need to be >> (re)written. >> > > > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > -- José Antonio Rey -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
