On 22.03.2013 15:38, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 02:23:34PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:17:07PM +0800, Daniel Veillard wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 02:07:05PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: >>>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 09:36:03PM +0800, Daniel Veillard wrote: >>>>> The 1.0.3 release was on the 5th March, and right now we have >>>>> accumulated 'only' 150 commits since the release. Based on this I >>>>> would suggest to wait a couple of weeks before to enter a freeze >>>>> for the following release. This mean we drift from the usual end >>>>> of month, but the ratio of freeze/devel will remain more or less >>>>> constant as well as the expected size of change in the new release. >>>>> So if this is fine I would suggest to enter freeze for 1.0.4 >>>>> on the 5th of April for a release around the 12. Unless there is >>>>> a reason to push a release earlier, >>>> >>>> I would prefer it if we just stuck to a release on/near April 1st >>>> regardless of how many changes have accumulated. IMHO a predictable >>>> release date once a month on/near 1st of the month is more important >>>> than the amount of code that has been changed. >>> >>> to release on the 1st we would have to freeze this Monday meaning >>> only 2.5 weeks of development after a freeze for 1.3 which took 1.5 >>> weeks. I was considering the ratio of freeze time vs. open time too. >> >> I don't really think that's a problem myself, it is just to be >> expected due to the longer than usual 1.3 freeze. People have >> had just as much time to /write/ their code, all that changed >> was the time available to /merge/ their code into upstream. >> >> I'd like to see is be much stricter about following a monthly >> release schedule in general. It makes it easier for distro >> maintainers to accurately plan ahead for when libvirt releases >> will sync up with their schedules, if they can reliably know >> that we'll always release on the nearest weekday that follows >> the 1st of the month. > > So that mean freezing on monday, I can do that ! > > Daniel > That effectively cuts a day for us, leaving us with only four days of freeze since on 1st April it's Easter Monday => public holiday in most countries (at least I've taken look at UK and Czech Republic). But I can live with that since the current status of the HEAD looks good. Michal -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list