On Dec 4, 2014 9:39 AM, "Matthew Miller" <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> While I'm waiting for an RC5 test install to complete... :)
>
> At yesterday's FESCo meeting, while discussing the Fedora 22 schedule,
> Stephen Gallagher suggested the idea of moving to a release schedule
> modeled after Intel's "tick-tock" model for CPUs, where they alternate
> between new architectures and new manufacturing process.
>
> For us, that would mean alternating between concentrating on release
> features and on release engineering and QA process and tooling. During
> the "tick", we'd focus on new features and minimize unrelated rel-eng
> change. During the "tock", we'd focus on the tools, and minimize change
> that might affect that.
As a consumer of Intel CPUs, it seems like you have the tick-rock reversed.
An Intel tock (microarchitecture change) is associated with new features and major performance improvements.
Those are analogous to new Fedora features.
An Intel tick (manufacturing process improvement) is primarily a "behind the scenes" change that also yields a moderate performance improvement.
As a user of Fedora, tools and process improvements seem "behind the scenes."
-Mike
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