On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 04:44:55PM -0500, Doug Ledford wrote:
On 03/03/2010 04:40 PM, Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> On 03/03/2010 04:30 PM, Doug Ledford wrote:
>> So while I agree that some of the posts where people are simply
>> attacking other people need to stop, I can't agree that this thread has
>> reached a stage where it is advisable to stop constructive discussions.
>> I would argue that it's necessary to continue constructive discussions
>> in order to reach the stage where a wiki page and proposals makes sense.
>
> I would say that the next steps should be one (or more) of the following:
>
> * A proposal to adopt a more stable update cycle
> * A proposal to adopt a more semi-rolling update style
> * A hybrid proposal which deals with both cases
>
> If you would like to write a proposal on those items (or any other
> improvement related to updates management) and then start a new thread
> focused on constructive discussion and honing of said proposal, I would
> have no quarrel with it.
Well, I *did* make a barebones proposal towards the third option in the
thread in question, and I intended to work some more on it (in a
constructive manner). But, I can put it in a new thread if you like.
Note, you might find this useful in that:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Lifecycle(draft)
Attempt to define goals (semi-rolling vs "QA'd" [The more stable style]) as
well as the various pieces that we can affect to implement those goals
and:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Lifecycle_Proposals
Several people have made proposals which are listed here. I know of several
others (for instance, jresnik's proposal for different F-Current and
F-Current-1 update styles) and your own.
-Toshio