Settling on Final Freeze Date for Natty

[Scott Kitterman]

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On Monday, March 28, 2011 10:52:48 pm Kate Stewart wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 01:03 -0400, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> > As I understand it, the proposed sequence is:
> > 
> > Beta 1 7 days hard freeze
> > Open 10 days
> > Beta 2 4 days hard freeze
> > Open 4 days
> > Release 7 days (of which 4 are holiday/weekend)
> > 
> > I think unfreezing the archive between the Beta 2 freeze and the Release
> > Freeze is risky, particularly with the short (working days) period
> > between the release freeze and the release date.  Each freeze period
> > gets shorter as we iterate and I think that's the wrong direction for a
> > smooth release.
> > 
> > My recommendation would be to adjust this slightly:
> > 
> > Defer Beta 1 freeze to Monday 28 March, Freeze for Beta 2 on Monday 11
> > April, and don't thaw the archive between Beta 2 and Final.  That last
> > point will make it possible for the release team to know what's changing
> > between Beta 2 and Final.  That would look like:
> > 
> > +3 Development days before Beta 1 freeze
> > Beta 1 4 Days hard freeze
> > Open 10 Days
> > Beta 2 4 Days hard freeze
> > Final Freeze 14 Days
> > 
> > That gives about the same number of archive open days and should make it
> > easy to get a softer landing jumping from Beta 2 to Final (minimize the
> > risk of having to drag people to work on a holiday and mitigate the risk
> > of unexpected changes cause problmes between Beta 2 and Final).
> > 
> > Scott K
> 
> Thanks for the good suggestions Scott.
> 
> Based on discussion on IRC channels as well as your note, the schedule
> for next month will be:
> 
> Beta 1 freeze - was left as is on 3/24 - hard freeze (we ne
> Beta 1 release - 3/31
> Archive open for final bug fixes and FFEs
> Beta 2 freeze - 4/11 (at UTC 09:00 ) - hard freeze
> Beta 2 release - 4/14
Main/Seeded Final Freeze 14 days
Unseeded Universe/Multiverse Freeze - 4/26 (at UTC 12:00)
Unseeded Universe/Multiverse Final Freeze - 2 days
> Natty release 4/28
> Oneiric opens for development 4/29
> 
> If anyone sees any reasons why this won't work, please add to the thread
> - otherwise will be using this schedule.

I've added the unseeded Universe/Multiverse milestone I mentioned in an 
earlier paragraph to your proposal.  I would also retitle "Oneiric opens for 
development" as it will be a bit after release before it's open for general 
development.  I would suggest "Oneiric toolchain preparations begin" as an 
alternative.

Scott K