I agree it's better to do it in public. I'm surprised it's enough effort to be worth a vUDS, but if it is, it is.
Scott K On Monday, August 19, 2013 18:45:33 Daviey Walker wrote: > Hi Scott, > > I can only speak on behalf of the Cloud and Server track, but I'd like > to clarify how we intend to use this. Unlike a start-of-cycle vUDS, > this is a midcycle checkpoint opportunity. > > The purpose of this, is to drive existing blueprints to completion. > > This is an chance for those involved in Cloud and Server to do a > 'show-and-tell' of blueprints defined 3 months ago. We can evaluate > decisions made then, check if assumptions were correct, anything we > feel needs to be re-addressed and some re-scoping. Very little (if > any), new work should come from this. > > The Canonical Server team previously did this same exercise but at an > internal-only mid-cycle sprint. This is largely the same thing, but > out in the open. THIS i am a big fan of and I am sure you are also > supportive of this. > > Personally, I think the timing to clash with feature freeze lends > itself nicely. This is the time that blueprints should be de-scoped > if they are clearly not on track with features, and anything we > /really/ need to see this cycle - can be considered very carefully > with risk mitigation. > > If you have any questions about this, please feel free to give me a shout. > > > I agree that this is useful for Canonical upstreams trying to map out > > their > > next three - six months' work. From a distro development perspective, not > > so much. I would hope there's a look beyond the next three months. By > > starting to plan for 14.04 now, they'll be in a much better position to > > understand what needs doing and when to land things in the archive on a > > timely basis. > > > > Scott K > > > > On Monday, August 19, 2013 12:15:45 Rick Spencer wrote: > >> For Ubuntu touch, at least, there is a lot to figure out and do before > >> shipping 13.10. Personally, I think it would be most beneficial to do > >> that planning and have those discussions transparently and in an > >> organized manner. > >> > >> Cheers, Rick > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Scott Kitterman <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > >> > On Monday, August 19, 2013 10:52:18 Ted Gould wrote: > >> >> On Mon, 2013-08-19 at 10:05 -0400, Michael Hall wrote: > >> >> > UDS August 2013 > >> >> > Starts: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 14:00:00 UTC > >> >> > Ends: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:00:00 UTC > >> >> > >> >> Are we putting vUDS the three days before feature freeze? > >> >> > >> >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseSchedule > >> >> > >> >> Seems like bad time for people working on Ubuntu. > >> > > >> > I think that is generically true for the mid-cycle vUDS. This is no > >> > doubt > >> > worse than it might be, but it's a bit early to start planning the next > >> > Ubuntu release cycle. Whoever it's for, I don't think it's for people > >> > working on Ubuntu. > >> > > >> > Scott K > >> > > >> > -- > >> > ubuntu-devel mailing list > >> > [email protected] > >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel > > > > -- > > ubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
