On Monday 19 August 2013 21:18:52 Aaron J. Seigo wrote: > On Monday, August 19, 2013 16:52:28 Martin Graesslin wrote: > > which would be more likely May/June if we stick to five month cycle. Note: > > one of the outcomes of the "shorter release cycle" BOF at Akademy was that > > we might re-evaluate the situation after the 4.11 release. So in external > > communication I would not yet settle for a date because it could be > > anywhere between the three months later as proposed by Alex and return to > > six months as it used to be. > > imho, that’s fine. we can say we are planning 4.13 for August 2014, and if > we end up changing our mind we can announce that later as a clarification. > > we really don’t know if there will be shorter cycles after 4.11, so the > default expectation is to keep doing releases every six months. until we > know otherwise, that is the default plan. > > by saying that we currently plan on 4.13 in august 2014 we communicate to > the outside world that we have a roadmap. this is quite true, as can be > seen by the amount of thought going in this exact topic by so many people > from so many different angles (promo, apps, workspaces ...) > > so my recommendation is to go with Jos’ outline and if we change course for > 4.12/4.13 announce that then. > > really the worst thing we can do for external confidence is say “we don’t > know”, because that translates externally to “we aren’t planning”. but we > are planning. so we do know. and that’s what we need to communicate.
Does this "let's go with Jos' roadmap" include the Plasma- and Frameworks proposal? Obviously we would make clear that, this being a major transition, people should expect changes in the roadmap... /J
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