Re: Next Release Planning

On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 00:30 +0300, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 08/21/2012 12:20 AM, Dave Neary wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 08/20/2012 11:14 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: >>> On 08/20/2012 05:43 PM, Dave Neary wrote: >>>>> Please think about release criteria and whether or not we want to >>>>> add/remove/change things for this release. This needs to be determined >>>>> now to make sure that the release process runs smoother down the line. >>>> >>>> Beyond the release criteria, there's the main goal of the release - what >>>> is the major problem oVirt users have that we can fix for the next >>>> release, for example? >> <snip> >> >>> my view - that would be great, but such goals should be suggested by >>> someone also committing to delivering them per the planned schedule. >> >> I agree - it's one of the things which I've found tricky to understand >> re the release manager role - the project maintainer is the one who >> should, I think, be setting the scope of the release, and the release >> manager is merely ensuring that everyone is aware of where we are within >> that scope. >> >> Since 3.1 is my first oVirt release, perhaps someone could explain how >> the scope of the 3.1 release was decided after the 3.0 release, and how >> we fared against that original plan during the release cycle? > > we didn't define a scope for 3.1. people suggested features during the > version and we did some fine tuning in the end on timing since some > seemed worth the extra time to close/stabilize them. > > in general, I think we should define the schedule for 3.2, then see > which features people would suggest to try and make the timeframe. > > in general, I think it should be a 3-month version (we said we wanted to > move to 6 months cycle after the first few versions. I think we should > stay on 3 months especially since 3.1 took longer to get the final > blockers out and until released). > I think I agree on the shorter time-table for 3.2. I also think we should get a list of features and commit to it and track against it on the weekly call. The 3-month schedule would put us in mid-November to early-December which I think is reasonable. Mike

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