[Sugar-devel] [ANNOUNCE] Sucrose 0.86 Feature Freeze

[Simon Schampijer]

Hi,

following our schedule for the 0.86 release [1], with the 0.85.3 
development release scheduled for the 21th of August we will switch into 
the feature freeze period. No new modules or features will be accepted 
for this release period. "Feature" should be interpreted as 
"Functionality" or "Ability". Bug fixes of existing features are not 
affected.

This allows developers to concentrate on refining the new features 
instead of adding yet more functionality.

The feature freeze affects all the modules included in the release and 
comprise also ABI for public libraries. Exceptions might be considered 
by the release team but they will be extremely rare. To request an 
exception send mail to sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org, referencing the 
patches you would like to land. It will have to be granted by two 
members of the release team, on the base of community feedback.

Sine we had to break the string freeze quite often in previous releases, 
we changed the string handling in the following manner:

Aug 21: String Cooling
String changes have to be announced, but no exceptions have to be 
requested. [3]

Sep 04: String Freeze
Every string change has to be requested and to be approved. [4]

On behalf of the Release Team,
    Simon Schampijer

[1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.86/Roadmap#Schedule
[2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Release#Feature_freeze
[3] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Release#String_cooling
[4] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Development_Team/Release#String_Freeze