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Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 14:29:49 +1100
From: David Crossley <crossley@apache.org>
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Subject: Re: planning for 0.7 release
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Let us get some planning happening or we are going to have trouble
getting the release out.

We obviously missed the dates of 2003-03-25 and 2005-03-22
because we need code-freeze and testing for one week beforehand.

I suggest the following release plan:

Code freeze and testing starts on 2005-03-30 which is
two days after Easter. During "code freeze" we cannot add any
new functionality, just bug fixes and documentation tweaks.
We create the release candidates for both Windows and UNIX on
this day and start the vote.

If changes have been made during the week, then we create
another set of release candidates on 2005-04-05 to give people
time to verify the signatures and checksums and to do final tests.

Actual release date Wednesday 2005-04-06 then wait 24 hours
for the mirrors to receive it before sending the announcements.

If anyone wants any different, then please propose another
release plan.

--David

David Crossley wrote:
> Dave Brondsema wrote:
> > David Crossley wrote:
> > >Ross Gardler wrote:
> > >>David Crossley wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>Should we aim for a release date of Friday 2005-03-25?
> > >>
> > >>SInce it's Nicola's birthday I think that is a must - two excuses for a
> > >>beer in the evening.
> > >
> > >Argh, that is Easter Friday. Probably many of us will be away, at least i 
> > >will.
> > 
> > +1
> > 
> > >I propose that we move it forward a few days - how about 2005-05-22 ?
> > >
> > >We can still celebrate NKB.
> > 
> > That's a few months, by my calendar.  How about 2005-03-29?
> 
> Drat, i meant forward to 2005-03-22. Doing it immediately after Easter
> i.e. 29th would not give enough time for testing the release.
> 
> --David