[drupal-devel] Tight release cycles

[Robert Douglass]

I would personally like to request a code freeze at least one week 
earlier than that; the second week of August would be nice. My reasons 
are mostly but not completely selfish.

-Robert

Dries Buytaert wrote:
> I won't switch to strict time-based releases, nor to strict feature- 
> based releases, though I'm willing to lean more towards time-based  
> releases.  I very much prefer to release when (i) we made enough  
> improvements and (ii) it has been a while since we released a new  
> version.  Contrary to what some people say, the Drupal release  schedule 
> has been fairly predictable for those who are part of the  Drupal 
> community.
> 
> That said, I was planning to announce a new code freeze shortly -- I  
> meant to do it last week but was swamped with work.  Either way, I  was 
> thinking about starting the next code freeze on September 1 (5  weeks 
> from now).  This means Drupal 4.7 will be released somewhere in  October 
> or November.
> 
> 
> On 24 Jul 2005, at 11:06, Karoly Negyesi wrote:
> 
>> Let's start making a calendar for next year's releases now and  stick 
>> to it.
>>
>> My proposal:
>>
>> 2005 dec 26 code freeze (or Jan 2, 2006)
>> 2006 feb 6 Drupal 4.8
>> 2006 may 1 code freeze
>> 2006 june 5 Drupal 4.9
>> 2006 aug 28 code freeze
>> 2006 oct 2 Drupal 5.0
>> 2007 jan 1 code freeze
>> 2007 feb 5 Drupal 5.1
>> ...
> 
> 
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> Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/
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