On 07/06/2011 08:39 AM, Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
On 6 July 2011 13:42, Larry Finger<Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
This is a request for changing the name of the MS6 release to Beta. The TCT considered several possible changes to entice earlier and broader testing. The schedule does not have much flexibility to increase the time between the RC1 and GM releases, thus we probably need to indulge in some 'social engineering' to get earlier testing. We could change from 6 Milestone and 2 RC releases to 5 and 3, respectively, without tampering with the total time. Alternatively, we could rename from MS6 to Beta. The TCT favors the latter option.
Having been someone who "noticed" RC1 releases then found it was too late to have bug fixes integrated in GM, I think that is very sensible. Hopefully with Tumbleweed& great availability of fresher "stable" and "Head" kernels from repo, the relatively good quality of 12.1 M2 is achievable.
What impact does it have though on deadlines for key projects like systemd, which now require definition& implementation of other changes to port our system start up logic from innserv(8)?
There would be no change in any deadlines or schedules. All that would happen is a name change. We think the Beta would attract more testers than would #6 in the MS series.
If nothing much happens in August, then there's only really a few weeks development time left, even though GM seems almost like "next year"! Whilst really loving quality releases, I would not want unintended consequences affecting a key project for 12.1, which is likely on the "critical path" already.
We certainly agree that a good, stable 12.1 GM is the goal. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org