Re: GRUB release schedule?

[Josef Bacik <jbacik@fb.com>]

On 12/08/2015 03:55 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:25:56PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
>> I'll do next beta tomorrow and will assess current open bugs to see how far
>> we're from release
>
> Did this ever happen?  It doesn't appear as though it did.
>
> So I'm back with my original question: What's the path to regular
> releases?  I don't honestly believe we have to fix everything about
> source control, patch contribution, and test suites to do that, though
> those are all important things.  Plenty of projects do releases with the
> same tools this one has, with great success.  But this is one more case
> where the search for perfection is stopping us from having any releases
> *at all*.
>
> "Fix everything in the code *and* the infrastructure and then do a
> release" is not workable.  We need to have regular releases, and we need
> to make improvements to the project's infrastructure and processes be a
> part of those releases.  Waiting for a flag day with each thing to be
> improved just means delaying indefinitely, especially if the wish list
> includes things nobody is actively working on.
>
> So that means we need two things: 1) decide on a schedule for one release,
> 2) decide when the ones after it will be.
>
> Here's a suggestion: Schedule a release at the end of January, and work
> towards that.  It doesn't have to be perfect; everybody is shipping
> something based on the current tree already anyway.  Then plan on
> another release at the end of July, and follow that plan indefinitely.
> It's okay if there are reasons to adjust it sometimes, but let's start
> with a plan.
>
> Thoughts?
>

I'd like to second this.  ATM we're just running whatever is in my 
github copy of grub2, which I rebase whenever somebody tells me to.  If 
we have consistent releases then it'll make it easier for me to run 
automated tests internally as well as have clear indicators when I need 
to rebase and figure out what outstanding patches I still have pending. 
  Thanks,

Josef