[General] Preview countdown: milestone review (readme! important!)

[Philippe Bossut]

Hi,

Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
> Desktop Release Countdown
> -------------------------
>
> + Code Complete (*done* July 15)
> + Code Dependent Branding/Docs (*done* July 20)
> + qacosmo running 0.7 Server (*done* July 23)
> + Zero Bug Release (eta: August 6)
>    - Create 0.7 branch
>    - Create daily release candidates
> + Release (eta: August 13)
>
> Questions for desktop team:
> - *Philippe* and *Aparna*, do you agree with these dates?
> - Do we need to note/track any other milestones?

I agree on the dates though, of course, considering the criteria for 
ZBR, the date can easily slip. I second Bear and Heikki about branching 
as late as possible (for all the good reasons they already mentioned). I 
think though that, at some point, when we'll have only a handful of 
known bugs left (say 10) and all of them are considered to be fixable 
with small non risky patches (using the best judgement here from devs 
and Bug Council), we should branch so that no one is blocked and that 
the 0.7.1 work can start.

> *All*: Any missing big ticket items? Perhaps the thing to do is set 
> dates for completed draft and final copy.

+1 on putting dates for draft and final copies. Note that most of those 
items are already in advanced draft stage. I'm working on the release 
notes right now.

Cheers,
- Philippe