Re: getting on a longer release cycled

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Hubert Figuiere wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to suggest at one point to try to break with the 6 month release 
> schedule of Gnome to do a "major" release with a certain number of feature 
> that would involve possible infrastructure changes in the platform. 
>
> There have been a large pimping of project Topaz, and I strongly believe that 
> this is the kind of goal that would need a longer development cycle for a big 
> leap forward towards world domination.
>
> Why not thinking for after 2.18 starting on a 12 to 18 month release cycle. We 
> must have a FIRM date (eventually flexible), but more importantly a FIRM 
> features goal (eventually adapted to not become a Death March).
>
> What do people think?

I think its worth experimenting with a longer release cycle but I would 
start at 9 months and see if that improves things before considering a 
12 month or 18 month cycle.

I dont know how topaz will transpire but I feel it should be written in 
a native high level language like D or Vala as its likely to be a 
rewrite of much of the existing code and could be doable in 9 months 
with a more productive language.


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Mr Jamie McCracken
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