[Zope3-dev] Re: [Zope-dev] Release schedule for Zope 2.11/3.4?

[Benji York]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Andreas Jung wrote:

>>Another point with this whole half-yr release cycle: we're going to confuse
>>more and more professional users about which Zope version to use for what.
>>I've heard from my major customer but also from other ppl. IN December 
>>we would have *three* maintained versions 2.9, 2.10 and 2.11. We definitely
>>can't deprecate Zope 2.9 in December because this version is required
>>by Plone 2.5. Plone 2.5 was just released and ppl just start to migrate
>>from Plone 2.1 to Plone 2.5. We have the burden  maintain Zope 2.9 for the
>>mid-future. So my personal impression right now is: we're flooding the 
>>community with new major releases and the community does not adapt those
>>releases. My theory: a major part of the ppl running Zope are running 
>>Plone.
>>on top of Zope...so with have to deal with this fact somehow.
> 
> 
> That is a good argument for lengthening the release cycle. (as opposed 
> to say, people will fix more bugs if the release cycle is longer)
> 
> What do you think about a 9 month release cycle?

If we can't manage a 6 month cycle, 9 months is the longest release 
cycle I think is acceptable.

Personally I think we should just release the trunk every six months 
(with a list of known bugs) and that be it.  (I'm speaking of Zope 3 
here, I don't know enough about the dynamics of the Zope 2 ecosystem to 
comment there.)
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Benji York
Senior Software Engineer
Zope Corporation