Re: [24h] 6 months release schedule, 4.1 in July

On Thursday 17 January 2008 13:22:45 Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Thursday 17 January 2008 01:14, Sebastian Kuegler wrote:
> > I therefore propose to adopt a 6 months release schedule, starting to
> > release in July with 4.1, then in January 2009 4.2, and so on.
>
> Given the fuzz which was made around this topic when Mark Shuttleworth
> asked us to do it, how do you intent to communicate it?

I don't really see how Mark Shuttleworth has influence on that (other than 
stating the obvious, that distros would like us to have time-based releases).

The communication strategy would be rather simple:

- We're moving *back* to time-based releases
- We'll be releasing once every six months, starting in July
- The next release will contains X, Y and Z

Reasoning:
- It supports our development model and cycle
- It makes us more predictable for our partners ('own people', downstream, 
  upstream)

Very roughly, of course.
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