When will there be 1.0? Those of you who have been following Ceph, have probably noticed that the Ceph version is going up in quite a rapid pace. This is due to the fact that we try to follow Scrum, which is an agile methodology in which we move in relatively small development cycles and deliver a new version at the end of these cycles. This on one hand allows us to present progress and to adapt while we are moving, but on the other hand it makes it harder for some of our users. Not all users necessarily want to run the bleeding edge. We do provide a more stable branch, but that's usually the previous release with critical fixes on top of it. At this point we think that considering the project state, we should provide a stable release. This is not going to be version 1.0. It will be version A. Once version A is tagged, it'll get the full stable release treatment, and there will be a relatively long period where we'd backport bug fixes, and other required changes. The following version would be version B, and so on. The current thought is that we're going to have 2-4 releases a year, which will provide a much more stable base than the current 15-20 annual releases. One issue that we haven't cleared up yet, is how to name these releases. Following the footsteps of other projects that use lettered release names, we'd want to have some common theme. We did try, but we'd need your help to make the final decision. Following are the options (in no particular order). Also note that these are just possible names examples, but there may be other names. We have set up a survey here, so please make your selection: http://bit.ly/LROUnL * Oceanic Trenches aleutian bougainville cayman hikurangi izu japan kermadec mariana newhebrides philippine ryukyu sandwich tonga yap * Pirates ahoy / aaarrr booty cutlass doubloon eyepatch furner guybrush ... * Cephalopods/Marine Animals argonaut banana / bobtail cuttlefish dofleini e? flamboyant ... kraken ... vampire / vlugaris * Ocean currents angola benguela canary equatorial falkland gulfstream humboldt irrminger kuroshio labrador mozambique * Oceans / Seas adriatic baltic celtic / caribbean davis / deadsea ... Thanks, Yehuda -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
