12.04.2 Point Release Delay

[Pete Graner]

On Jan 11, 2013 1:01 PM, "Scott Kitterman" <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
>
> 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

Both are updated.

Thanks
Pete Graner - Release & QA Engineering Manager
<pgraner at canonical.com>
Canonical Inc.
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