[Cosmo-dev] Cosmo release frequency

[Ted Leung]

Here are some of my concerns with a 4 week long release cycle:

1. "Themed" releases are not a goal.  This is just another name for  
feature-oriented releases, which is something that we are no longer  
going to do.

2. Four weeks is a long time to wait for UI features to show up on  
the Hub.  Also, it is a long time to wait for bug fixes to show up on  
the hub.  If we ended up with 4 weeks between feature releases, then  
we would probably end up having to do bug fix releases in between.

3. We are still at an early stage of web UI/hub usage.  Getting  
features out to people and incorporating their feedback in a timely  
way is important for our goal of being able to improve the experience  
for our users.  Inability to deliver features quickly is also slowing  
down our ability to get the word out about Chandler: <http:// 
lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/chandler-users/2007-October/ 
000660.html>.

4. I'm not sure I understand the stress level argument.   With the  
time based releases, we are not asking people to promise to deliver a  
feature by a specific release.   When the feature is done and  
suitably tested, it goes in the next release - we neither push  
forward or push back release dates based on the completeness of  
features.

Ted


On Oct 8, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Brian Moseley wrote:

> On 10/8/07, Ted Leung <twl at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> For Cosmo 0.7.x, we were on a 1 week release cycle, and for Cosmo
>> 0.8, we stretched a little bit in order to get the CalDAV interop
>> work in.   I'd like to go back to a time based release schedule, but
>> I'd like to have people's opinions as to how frequently we ought to
>> release.   My personal preference would be every 2 weeks, but I 'd
>> like to hear what other people think.
>
> i think two weeks is a little too ambitious. releases would lose any
> sort of coherence and would just be dumping grounds for random
> assortments of independent features. i think a month might allow us to
> declare a theme for a release and therefore rally around it a little
> more. it would also keep stress levels a little more evened out.
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