12.04.2 Point Release Delay

[Scott Kitterman]

On Friday, January 11, 2013 11:18:48 AM Pete Graner wrote:
> Ubuntu 12.04.2 is currently scheduled to be released on Jan 31st [0].
> 
> This is the first time we have shipped a backported Hardware
> Enablement stack in a LTS release, comprised of a new kernel and
> graphics subsystem.  At this time we feel it is better to delay the release
> by two weeks to allow time for extra QA testing.
> 
> This would put the new release date on 14 Feb 2013.  No other dates
> would change (i.e. freezes etc.), we are just using the extra two weeks
> for testing and possible bug fixing for identified issues.
> 
> The QA Test Plan will be to have the Community Team conduct
> extensive manual testing with the Ubuntu Testing Community.  In addition,
> the Canonical QA team & Certification teams will be running
> further automated testing to ensure that the 12.04.2 point release is of
> superior quality.
> 
> Provided there are no major objections I will update the Release
> Schedule [0] before the end of today.
> 
> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/ReleaseSchedule

That's the same day we've been discussing Alpha 2 to as well.  Alpha 1 was 
pretty low key, so I don't think it's a problem, but I thought it was worth 
mentioning.  I'd say move them both when you update the schedule.

Scott K