[Julian Foad]
> "We schedule each release for a certain date, [...]"
>
> That's not very true, is it? Would someone like to replace that with
> something suitably vague
[[[
Clarify release schedule.
Patch by: Peter Samuelson <peter@p12n.org>
* www/roadmap.html (release-planning): Remove implication that release
planning is particularly time-based.
]]]
Index: www/roadmap.html
===================================================================
--- www/roadmap.html (revisione 18242)
+++ www/roadmap.html (copia locale)
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
<div class="h2" id="release-planning" title="release-planning">
<h2>How We Plan Releases</h2>
-<p>Subversion uses a compromise between time-driven and feature-driven
-release planning. We schedule each release for a certain date, and
+<p>Subversion release planning is mainly feature-driven. We try to
make sure a release contains one or more new features or other
significant differentiators, but we don't say exactly what those new
features will be. This is because we're always working on several
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@
Especially given the decentralized nature of open-source development,
we're wary of forcing technical discussions to premature consensus.
At the same time, it's good for the project to have regular releases,
-so we try to keep to a schedule and to have <i>something</i> ready to
-roll out when the release date comes along.</p>
+so we try to have <i>something</i> ready to roll out every few months,
+on average.</p>
<p>In this context, "release" means an increment of the minor release
number, which is the middle number in our three-component system.
Received on Mon Feb 6 22:18:47 2006