On Dec 4, 2014 9:39 AM, "Matthew Miller" <mattdm(a)mattdm.org> wrote:
While I'm waiting for an RC5 test install to complete... :)
At yesterday's FESCo meeting, while discussing the Fedora 22 schedule,
Stephen Gallagher suggested the idea of moving to a release schedule
modeled after Intel's "tick-tock" model for CPUs, where they alternate
between new architectures and new manufacturing process.
For us, that would mean alternating between concentrating on release
features and on release engineering and QA process and tooling. During
the "tick", we'd focus on new features and minimize unrelated rel-eng
change. During the "tock", we'd focus on the tools, and minimize change
that might affect that.
As a consumer of Intel CPUs, it seems like you have the tick-rock reversed.
An Intel tock (microarchitecture change) is associated with new features
and major performance improvements.
Those are analogous to new Fedora features.
An Intel tick (manufacturing process improvement) is primarily a "behind
the scenes" change that also yields a moderate performance improvement.
As a user of Fedora, tools and process improvements seem "behind the
scenes."
-Mike