Proposal for X11R6.8.2 release

[Leon Shiman]

on Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:53:01 -0500 Kevin E Martin wrote:
>
>On last week's release wranglers conference call, I volunteered to
>create a wiki page that brings together all of the 6.8.2 discussions
>into a single proposal.  Also included are the dates for the release
>that were proposed on last week's con call.
>
>    http://wiki.freedesktop.org/Main/ProposalFor682
>
>Please note this is a _proposal_.  We should discuss it further here on
>the mailing list and on subsequent conference calls.  I think we are
>fairly close to nailing down the basic process we will use for the 6.8.2
>release.
>
>Credit for this work goes to all of the people actively involved in the
>discussion, and especially Kristian and Roland.
>

comments:

1. PR should accompany releases. Text can be simple.  Quotable statements 
solicited and text begun on release of RC1 - i.e. as soon after 19 November 
as possible. completed text due on Dec 3 for final editing and formal 
approval. advance posting on 10th. or something close to this date.

2. relying on Bugzilla mechanisms, with attachment flags for tracking,rather 
than module maintainers, seems clearer, more efficient, and less prone to 
misunderstanding.

3. re rejection time limits. to avoid misunderstandings, it is important 
whatever the number of days, that when questions are raised and if the 
author/submitter or his/her representative is not reachable, then the patch 
can be postponed to the next release. if this is policy, then there can be 
no bad feeling.

leon