[Qgis-psc] Release schedule

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Matthias,

On Wed, 28. Jun 2017 at 10:02:26 +0200, Matthias Kuhn ? wrote:
> > I see your point, but from the info I read now, our Release Manager is
> > also OK with sticking to the 4 month release cycle, so there could be a
> > NON-LTR-3.2 and then a 3.4-LTR?

> Yes, that would also be an option that can be discussed and IMHO preferable
> to the current 9 months gap.
 
> What I fear is, that a lot of communication already happened that 3.2 will be
> the next LTR and it will be harder to communicate this a change.
> I also couldn't find any compelling advantage of this approach.
 
So we are going back to the earlier way of doing schedules - just a release
every four months.  That was the earlier plan.  I like it because it doesn't
require discussions and/or meta discussions.

So that's what how schedule had looked like if we stopped discussing after
setting the data for 3.0:

===== ======= ========= ========== ==== =====
Event Latest  Long-Term Date       Week Weeks
              (repos)              #
===== ======= ========= ========== ==== =====
PR    2.18.4  2.14.12   24.02.2017 8    4
PR    2.18.5  2.14.13   24.03.2017 12   2
EPR   2.18.6            07.04.2017 14   2
PR    2.18.7  2.14.14   21.04.2017 16   4
LTR   2.18.8  2.14.15   19.05.2017 20   4
EPR   2.18.9            26.05.2017 21   3
PR    2.18.10 2.14.16   23.06.2017 26   4
PR    2.18.11 2.14.17   21.07.2017 29   4
PR    2.18.12 2.14.18   18.08.2017 33   6
FF    (2.99)            18.08.2017 33   6
LR    3.0.0   2.18.12   29.09.2017 39   4
PR    3.0.1   2.18.13   27.10.2017 43   4
PR    3.0.2   2.18.14   24.11.2017 47   3
PR    3.0.3   2.18.15   15.12.2017 50   6
FF    (3.1)             15.12.2017 50   6
LR    3.2.0   2.18.16   26.01.2018 4    4
PR    3.2.1   2.18.17   23.02.2018 8    4
PR    3.2.2   2.18.18   23.03.2018 12   4
PR    3.2.3   2.18.19   20.04.2018 16   4
FF    (3.3)             20.04.2018 16   6
LTR   3.4.0   2.18.20   01.06.2018 20   4
PR    3.4.1   2.18.21   29.06.2018 26   4
PR    3.4.2   2.18.22   27.07.2018 30   4
PR    3.4.3   2.18.23   24.08.2018 38   5
FF    (3.5)             24.08.2018 38   5
LR    3.6.0   3.4.4     28.09.2018 43   4
PR    3.6.1   3.4.5     02.11.2018 48   2
PR    3.6.2   3.4.6     14.12.2018 50   6
PR    3.6.3   3.4.7     25.01.2019 4
===== ======= ========= ========== ==== =====

Changes to the current schedule:
Instead of 3.0.4 we release 3.2 as a regular release.
The release of 3.0.3 also marks the feature freeze for 3.1.
3.4 is now the LTR, but on 1.6 instead of 18.5 and feature freeze is
on 20.4.

378 days between the LTRs 2.18.8 and 3.4.0.

Objections?  Corrections?   Speak now or forever hold your peace. ;)


Jürgen


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