[haiku-development] Re: alpha release window ?

  • From: Ingo Weinhold <ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:56:12 +0200

On 2009-08-08 at 18:33:41 [+0200], Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Ingo Weinhold<ingo_weinhold@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > That's not what I'm proposing, of course. I'd rather have us define a
> > concrete feature set for R1 and a roadmap with alpha and beta releases
> > leading to it. If we don't do that and be relatively strict about it, I 
> > see
> > us release "alphas" forever, keeping adding new features as they come.
> 
> If you want to be more formal for the releases (which I think is a
> good idea), then I think we should employ some proper tools. I don't
> think Trac is good for this. A current personal favorite of mine is
> Pivotal Tracker (http://www.pivotaltracker.com). Maxime and I have
> been using it for the browser project and it has worked quite well.
> 
> It is essentially an agile project management tool where you define
> user stories, chores and bugs (though the latter we can leave in Trac)
> for a project. Stories are assigned points based on the estimated time
> it will take to implement, and then Pivotal Tracker estimates a
> project velocity (points per iteration, usually a week) based on how
> quickly stories are completed.
> 
> Also I haven't delved deeply into this aspect yet, but there seems to
> be support for tracking releases in some way.
> 
> Anyhow it is worth checking out and it could help keep us organized
> and on track. But it will take some time to set up all the users and
> all the various stories and chores for Haiku. I still think it is
> worth investigating.

Mmh, I don't know. I'd rather not use another tool, as that would add 
overhead for the users and also require additional administration. Trac 
milestones, tickets, and wiki might not be optimal for the job, but I guess 
good enough to get it done without too much headache.

CU, Ingo

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