Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb: >On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 19:08, Adrien Destugues ><pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> This release proposal should reduce the amount of work on the >development >> side to a minimum. I don't think a release coordinator is needed on >that >> side. If someone wants to apply for the role, it's still ok. The main >task >> will be coordinating the creation of the release branch and the >"golden >> master" nightly creation. Then, we have to get the version tag >updated in >> the branch, and rebuild the optional packages to match it. >> >> Timeline : >> * Today to 16th of may : review of the bugs listed above, decision >about >> what to do with them >> * 16 to 22 of may : fixing of the bugs that are not postponed (I >expect to >> see only few of them) >> * 22th may : creation of alpha branch (unless we do that before and >merge >> the changesets) >> * 1st of June : release! >> >> If you have anything to say, please do so. But don't spend too much >time in >> discussing... > > >Does anyone else think that adding an additional one or two weeks of >exhaustive testing would be beneficial to the release? > >This would allow > * testing of the optional packages, > * testing of Ingo's patch for reducing the image size, which should >allow it to fit in 700MB discs [1] > * final touches on documentation & i18n translations. > * improving ReleaseNotes [2] > >Also, keep in mind our average length between our releases (about 9 >months between R1A1-->R1A2 and 12 months between R1A2-->R1A3). > >--mmadia > > >1: >//www.freelists.org/post/haiku-development/r1a3-anyboot-image-too-big-for-CD,6 >2: https://dev.haiku-os.org/wiki/R1/Alpha3/ReleaseNotes I would be in favor of more testing. Stephan