bzr 1.8 release plans and manager wanted

[John Arbash Meinel]

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A vote for Martin, is a vote for Facism...

oh wait, I'm voting for him.

A vote for Martin, is a vote for *Freedom*.

I like your platform, Martin, and I think it is reasonable to have a
longer RC process.

John
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Martin Pool wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 2:46 AM, Aaron Bentley <aaron at aaronbentley.com> wrote:
> 
>> I will be attending a company event (the Launchpad Epic) starting Oct
>> 19, so a longer RC probably doesn't work for me.
>>
>> Anyone else want to do it?
> 
> I'd be happy to do it again, and maybe that would be best if you're
> travelling soon after the scheduled release.
> 
> Here is my platform:
> 
>  * metronome mails every Monday
>  * no trunk freeze period
>  * rc may come forward
>  * final release should not be any later
> 
> As things come in, sometimes there is a need to flex things to get
> features in and a good-quality release out.  Not planning for how we
> will alter things seems to make the pressure break out by just having
> the release be later.  Rather than slipping or having the trunk
> frozen, I think we should instead look at making the rc earlier, so
> that there is a longer period of stabilization.  In other words, we
> should break off the release branch at the time when something wants
> to merge that we think may be risky for this release.
> 

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