[GRASS5] Re: Code freeze

[David D Gray]

Markus Neteler wrote:
> 
> Hi David, hi all,
> On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 08:43:39PM +0000, David D Gray wrote:
> > Markus Neteler wrote:
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > The branch freeze is our agreement. I think I cannot physically freeze
> > > it to limit submissions to bugfixes. But the new tree shall be established
> > > asap (after discussing it's final form, a draft is here:
> > > documents/new_directory_structure.txt )
> > >
> > > Hoping for getting out the stable release soon,
> > >
> > >  Markus
> >
> > Markus, everyone
> >
> > It might be a good idea to have at least one pre-release ( GRASS 5.0
> > PR1) out before the definitive final release, so that users can test the
> > distribution.
> yes, I agree. In fact I was discussing such release candidate with
> Bernhard (I should have posted that).
> 
> >Can I suggest a time-scale something like:
> >
> > Mid-November: release candidate distributed.
> > (all well) 1 Jan: GRASS 5.0 stable (GRASS ME  :)  )
> >
> > Of course it depends on release-critical bugs, more might be revealed by
> > a candidate release.
> Do you think we need so much time? As many new changes are waiting,
> I hope we can get out GRASS 5stable much earlier. Or am I wrong?
> I thought we could start the new development tree in November...
> 

I can't tell how much time we need, but this is just a guess. I think we
can start the devel tree whenever the freeze is announced, then people
know whether what they are doing goes in the frozen tree or the devel
tree. they are then independent in time. We try to get bug-fixes and
todos fixed as much as possible before a candidate release (but it's not
necessary to fix everything by then). On the feedback, we re-assess the
release-critical stuff at that stage, fix it , then release.


regards

David

> Markus
>

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