> > We can certainly have an earlier stable release depending on need and
> > bug fixes that go into 2.11.x.
> > Can I assume you have a specific need for having 2.12 in the summer?
>
> I took a quick peek at the closed bugs/features in 2.11.x that are not
> in 2.10.2. There are probably more, but these are the significant ones
> I'm familiar with:
>
> 1924661 and 1888910: Involve adding LSB block to daemon init script
> * Probably not that big of a deal, except that at least two
> distros are having to patch this in right now.
>
> 1841151: Add the iLO2 plugin
> * Adds support for a family of rackmount servers which are of
> interest to HPI users
> * Strengthens OpenHPI's position as the de facto implementation of
> HPI
>
> 1922399: Add the oa_soap plugin
> * Adds support for another major family of bladed server hardware,
> also of interest to HPI users
> * Also strengthens OpenHPI's position as the de facto
> implementation of HPI
>
> 1804510: Name change of err() and dbg() macros
> * Changed names of these macros because the old ones caused
> confusion, resulting in unintended output to the system error
> log
> * In itself, not that significant...however since this change
> affects so much code, it makes it more difficult to support both
> the development trunk and the older 2.10.x versions, especially
> for out-of-tree plugins
>
> Based on these, I'd suggest an earlier 2.12 release. However, this is a
> lot of new code, so it certainly makes sense for it to stabilize for a
> couple of months.
>
> Secondly, from what I understand, a delay in 2.12 is more difficult for
> the distributions. Dates I've seen indicate that both SuSE and Red Hat
> have code freeze dates this summer for upcoming releases, so an earlier
> 2.12 would have a better chance of being accepted by them. Debian's
> next release target is September, and so a 2.12 version could also
> become part of Lenny if 2.12 came out earlier in the summer rather than
> later.
In that case lets settle for the following release dates:
2.11.1 - 4/18
2.11.2 - 5/16
2.11.3 - 6/13
2.11.4 - 7/11
2.12.0 - 8/8
How does that sound?
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