[RFC] Releases planning

[Gordon Tyler]

On Thu, October 7, 2010 11:47 am, Vincent Ladeuil wrote:
>     >> +
>     >> + * there should not be more than 2 releases in the same week (but
> the
>     >> +   Release Manager is free to ignore this (get in touch with
> packagers
>     >> +   though),
>
>     > Do packagers prefer this rule?
>
> Yes, I'd like to know too :) Hey packagers ! What do you think ?

It may lead to less confusion when I'm working with three different
branches of nearly identical packager config code. :)

It's not a strong preference, but I think it's an improvement.

> For windows and OSX, where we package more than bzr, I'd also like us to
> focus on 2.2 and 2.3 exclusively as I think there are less cases where
> people can't follow the stable releases, but again, it's up to the
> packagers to decide whether or not they want to release installers for
> older stable releases.

Fine by me. I would also like more guidance on which versions of plugins
to include. I'm just guessing and using the most recent released version
unless I have to use a specific repo revision for some reason, e.g. the
compile bug in subvertpy on Mac OS X 10.5.

> prompted when the ppa is updated *anyway*. May be bzr-explorer can also
> gain a 'check updates' feature for windows and OSX...

Shouldn't be difficult with a dedicated URL to check for a small data file
containing the latest verions.

Ciao,
Gordon