[xwiki-dev] RC1/1.0 release and strategy going forward

[Vincent Massol]

On Apr 6, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu wrote:

>
>
> On 4/6/07, Vincent Massol <vincent at massol.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to propose the following:
>
> * Release RC1 by end of next week with as many important bugs fixed
> as possible
> * Wait for 1 week after RC1 is released and declare RC1 to be 1.0
> final is no critical/blocking bugs are found
> * Dedicate the XWIKI 1.0 branch to contain ONLY bug fixes going  
> forward
> * Put new features/improvements ONLY on trunk
> * Release 1.0.1 2 to 3 weeks after 1.0 is released with bug fixes
> * Define a roadmap for 1.1 in term of what we want in it. It should
> be achievable within 3 months.
> * Change the version on trunk to be 1.1-beta-1 and release after 2-3
> weeks. Increase to 1.1-beta-2 and repeat, etc. till we either reach
> something close so the initial roadmap for 1.1 in term of features or
> we reach the 3 months delay. In any case, release 1.1 at that time.
> * I propose to NOT create a branch for 1.1 till the final 1.1 is
> released and when it is I propose we don't release 1.0.x releases any
> more and instead release 1.1.x bug fixes releases (we don't have
> enough manpower to support more than 2 releases in parallel, it's
> already going to stretch us a lot).
>
> 1. How about the 2.0 branch?

That's different. Either we do the changes inside the trunk  
progressively or we do a complete new version from scratch (which I  
tend to think is the most feasible solution - That'll be the topic of  
another email :)). In any case if it's done as a complete rewrite it  
would be done on its branch (actually there's already a 2.0 branch in  
SVN).

>
> 2. I think the 1.0 branch should be preserved after 1.1, but  
> providing only CRITICAL updates.

Possibly. We can always revisit this when the time comes.
>
> 3. We definitely don't want a distinct branch for 1.1, as the  
> experience with 1.0 proved that it can create only problems. We  
> don't have enough developers to work on two-three branches.

Right...

Thanks
-Vincent

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