intrigeri, I will be pleased to reserve the time required to test both the 3.8 RC build(s) and tentative release builds. I'm in a position to use each more or less exclusively while testing. Other available distros include Debian and Arch derivatives.
alienpup you wrote: > Hi! > > it's not clear who will be the release manager for Tails 3.9 yet but > we're well into its development cycle and lots of great, intrusive > work has to land in time for that release, so I figured we need at > least a fallback release schedule to provide guidance to everyone who > needs it. > > If you're the lead/manager for a team that's affected by this > schedule, please ensure your team-mates are planning their > work accordingly. > > So, in case I end up playing the role of backup RM for Tails 3.9, > here's how it's going to happen: > > - August 15: feature freeze > > Everything you want to see in Tails 3.9 must be merged into our > devel branch by 17:00 CEST that day. > > Particularly for big chunks of work, please do submit them for > review to the foundations team ahead of this date: as the deadline > approaches, quite a few of us will be busy completing their own > work, so let's be excellent to each other by not assuming they're > available for last minute reviews or post-super-late-review fixes. > Better talk to each other in advance to schedule time for these > things ♥ > > If all this is very nice but too vague, as a rule of thumb: > > - if you're a developer, better submit your large chunks of work by > August 5 and schedule enough time for post-review fixes during > August 5-12 > - if you're a reviewer, please consider scheduling time for > reviews during August 5-15 > > - August 16: build tentative 3.9~rc1 > > - August 17: test and release 3.9~rc1 > > → manual testers: please tell me privately if you can make it. > > - August 18-30: small, targeted, not too risky fixes may be granted > freeze exceptions > > Reviewer time will be a very scarce resource during that period so > please anticipate. If you can already guess that you'll need > a bigger freeze exception that does not fit into these rules, talk > to me ASAP. > > Please try hard to avoid changing user-visible strings during that > period: I'd like translators to have a couple weeks to do the great > amount of work I'll drop on their plate on August 17, so we release > our fancy new features in 3.9 with the best localization they can > get :) > > - September 4: build 3.9 tentative ISO > > - September 5: test and release 3.9 \o/ > > → manual testers: please tell me privately if you can make it. > > Cheers, > -- > intrigeri > _______________________________________________ > Tails-dev mailing list > Tails-dev@boum.org > https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev > To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to Tails-dev- > unsubscr...@boum.org. _______________________________________________ Tails-dev mailing list Tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to tails-dev-unsubscr...@boum.org.
