Woohoo! It's a feat!

On 10/6/15 12:19 PM, Tripp, Travis S wrote:
>
> On 10/6/15, 2:28 AM, "Thierry Carrez" <thie...@openstack.org> wrote:
>
>> The "intermediary" model requires the project following it to be mature
>> enough (and the project team following it to be disciplined enough) to
>> internalize the QA process.
>>
>> In the "with-milestones" model, you produce development milestones and
>> release candidates to get the features out early and progressively get
>> more and more outside testing on proposed artifacts. It's "ok" if a
>> development milestone is revealed to be unusable: that shows lack of
>> proper testing coverage, and there is still time to fix things before
>> the "real" release.
>>
>> In the "intermediary" model, you deliver fully-usable releases that you
>> recommend production deployments to upgrade to. There is no alpha, beta
>> or RC. You directly tag a release. That means you need to be confident
>> enough in your own testing and testing coverage. Mistakes can still
>> happen (in which case we rush a subsequent point release) but should
>> really be exceptional, otherwise nobody will trust your deliverables.
>>
>> This is why we recommend the "intermediary" model to mature projects and
>> project teams -- that model requires excellent test coverage and
>> discipline inside the team to slow down development as you get closer to
>> a release tag and spend time on testing.
>>
>> -- 
>> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> Thierry,
>
> Thanks again for the information. After quite a bit of discussion in our IRC 
> channel this morning, we think it does make sense to start with the 
> milestones as recommended.  So, I’ve gone ahead and applied the rc1 tag and 
> will follow up with you in the openstack-relmgr-office for next steps!
>
> Thanks,
> Travis
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Nikhil


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