[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Monthly maintenance (point) release schedule

[Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley]

Yeah, I can go along with this.  +1


On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:

> Hello Bill,
>
> This all sounds reasonable to me, +1.
>
> Dan
>
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>
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> Daniel Wells, Library Programmer Analyst dbw2 at calvin.edu
> Hekman Library at Calvin College
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>
> >>> On 1/2/2013 at 2:21 PM, Bill Erickson <berick at esilibrary.com> wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Since we are now applying a more rigid schedule to major releases for
> > Evergreen, perhaps we should do the same for maintenance releases.  We've
> > already agreed to generally do monthly maintenance releases.  How about
> we
> > elect a day each month for the release cutting?  It can be flexible as
> > needed, of course, but I think it's nice to have a default target.
> >
> > There will be exceptions, like critical (data-eating) bugs / critical
> > security fixes, but we can manage those on an as-needed basis.
> >
> > Since I'm bringing it up, I'll go ahead and suggest the 3rd Wednesday of
> > each month.  I like Wednesdays since they give us lead/recovery time in
> the
> > form of business days.  Plus the 3rd Wednesday of each month gives us
> some,
> > but not too much, flub room to get the release out within the monthly
> > window.
> >
> > For January, this would mean 2.3.3 and 2.2.5 would be released January
> > 16th.
> >
> > -b
> >
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> > Bill Erickson
> > | Senior Software Developer
> > | phone: 877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457)
> > | email: berick at esilibrary.com
> > | web: http://esilibrary.com
> > | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source
>
>


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