Re: 1.8.0 release timing

On May 30, 2013, at 5:23 PM, Ben Reser <ben_at_reser.org> wrote:

> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Greg Stein <gstein_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> As noted elsewhere, press releases are ideally on a Tuesday. I'd really like
>> to see the release/announce go out, coordinated, on a Tuesday.
>
> That's fine the release would need to be after the hackathon then.
> Given that and Ivan's objection to doing testing during the hackathon
> I'd suggest we plan for a release on the 18th. That would provide a
> few days after the hackathon for anyone that didn't want to mess with
> the code on that day. I'll be traveling so someone else will need to
> coordinate the final release, I'm not sure what sort of access I'll
> have.

To actually release on that date you would still need to follow Mike's proposed schedule. It would just allow more time for the final signing. But it would still have to happen during the hackathon.

+1 on that date though.

As a binary maintainer I would love to have the final release tarball in our hands for a longer time period before the announcement.

Mark
Received on 2013-05-30 23:54:21 CEST