[Zope-dev] Re: Reminder: feature freeze November 1.

[Jim Fulton]

Tres Seaver wrote:
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> Jim Fulton wrote:
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>>This is a reminder that there will be a feature freeze for the December
>>Zope releases on November 1.  No new features for the November releases
>>should
>>be added after October 31.  The Zope trunks should be stable and ready
>>for a beta
>>release on November 1.
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>>We are committed to time-based releases. This means we need to be very
>>disciplined about deadlines.  If a cool new feature isn't quite
>>ready before November 1, then it could be be included in the June
>>release, for which the feature freeze will be May 1.
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> Cool.  I like the way the Ubuntu guys describe their freeze / process:
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>  http://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2005-February/004077.html
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> I don't know what would qualify for "release goals" versus "targets of
> opportunity" for this cycle, though.


Me neither.  I have a sense that they are being a lot more formal
about their process than we are though.  Perhaps we should be more formal,
but I kind of doubt it.

Jim

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