* Simon Horman [2008-07-11 09:08]: > On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 11:29:12AM +0200, Bernhard Walle wrote: > > > > SUSE uses now kexec-tools-testing releases since about one year and > > we never had severe problems (compared to other software). It's well > > maintained (thanks Simon!), gets frequent releases, patches are > > accepted, so: > > > > - I would suggest that kexec-tools-testing could be renamed to > > kexec-tools somewhere in the future since kexec-tools is not > > maintained any more by Eric. It only causes confusion since > > some distributions still use kexec-tools (the original ones) > > with lots of patches. > > I agree. > > Perhaps we could make the next release kexec-tools 2.0.0, perhaps > after a few beta releases? Sounds reasonable. > I can rename my git tree to coincide with this move. I think the name of the git tree is not that important, but it makes also sense to rename that. Since there is no "kexec-tools" tree anyway. > Perhaps the best thing to do now would be to hash out a release roadmap. > Fortunately the code is pretty small, so it shouldn't be a very long road. > > Do you think there is anything currently missing from the tree? > If not, I can make a beta release early next week (I have to leave > my desk for an extended weekend shortly). No, the current state is fine for me (from a functional point of view). So, just release kexec-tools-2.0.0-rc1 next week. I think we don't need alpha and beta versions here. I'll help to test that release then (by updating SUSE/Factory :-)). I think we don't need changes in the release policy because it worked out fine in the past. And when 2.0.0 is out, I think then also all other major distributions like Debian, Fedora, etc. update to that release and drop their patches. Thanks a lot for your effort! Bernhard -- Bernhard Walle, SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Architecture Development
