[Sugar-devel] Are we ready for code freeze?

[Gonzalo Odiard]

I think we didn't had a "bug fixes only" stage yet on 0.100 cycle,
then does not have too much sense jump to "regressions only", right?

Gonzalo

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> hard code freeze is way more strict than "bug fixes only", that's more a
> feature freeze.
>
> In code freeze only very critical stuff is supposed to land. The double
> approval is in addition to the review, to ensure only essential fixes lands.
>
> Just want to be clear what we would be buying into :)
>
>
>
> On 2 September 2013 20:41, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
>>
>> Yes. Only fixes allowed, we can discuss if double review is needed or not.
>>
>> Gonzalo
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > To be clear, are you saying we should code freeze tomorrow? I couldn't
>> > find
>> > a definition of the freeze in the wiki but the GNOME one seems accurate.
>> >
>> > Hard Code Freeze
>> >
>> > This is a late freeze to avoids sudden last-minute accidents which could
>> > risk the stability that should have been reached at this point. No
>> > source
>> > code changes are allowed without two approvals from the release team,
>> > but
>> > translation and documentation should continue. Simple build fixes are,
>> > of
>> > course, allowed without asking.
>> >
>> > On 2 September 2013 20:29, Gonzalo Odiard <gonzalo at laptop.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Release 0.99.3 as is is good, because we will have rpms and that
>> >> should facilitate testing.
>> >> I prefer we try hard to follow the schedule, remember usually is
>> >> aligned
>> >> with Fedora and other projects.
>> >>
>> >> Gonzalo
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Daniel Narvaez <dwnarvaez at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > Hello,
>> >> >
>> >> > 0.99.3 is due tomorrow and with it the code freeze. We need to decide
>> >> > what
>> >> > to do.
>> >> >
>> >> > I propose we don't freeze and instead we keep releasing 0.99.x every
>> >> > four
>> >> > weeks, until we feel we have done enough testing and bug fixing. This
>> >> > is
>> >> > not
>> >> > what you are supposed to do with time based releases but I'd rather
>> >> > delay
>> >> > than release something we can't be proud of.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thoughts?
>> >> >
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>> >
>> > --
>> > Daniel Narvaez
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> Daniel Narvaez