Re: meeting 2008-03-19 - version numbers

[Sami Wagiaalla <swagiaal@redhat.com>]

>> b) move to regular (monthly?) patch-level releases; e.g., 0.8.1, 
>> 0.8.2, ...
> I've no objections to this. But:
> 
> - What release schedule? Weekly? Monthly?

I propose:
   - monthly releases with news items.
   - We create a NEWS file that we dump every release.

> 
> - How will we be smoke testing the results to ensure sanity (ie the last 
> patch pushed screwed some stuff up). Our test cases can catch a lot of 
> this?  What is the release checklist?
> 

We make sure all the tests pass, and add tests are user report problems.
We can also push a package to updates testing test it for a week then 
move it. Although I personally prefer the smoke test it and get it out 
there ASAP approach.

> - Because we are moving to a more formal release deadline, how do 
> development practices  change, if at all?
> 

I dont know. Depends on what is motivating this change and what options 
we have to solve it.

> - What is our release matrix. Fedora 8 now, and Rawhide. But will it 
> then be F8, F9 and rawhide all in sync? Will the release be to rawhide 
> first, then a monthly push from rawhide to Fedora *?
> 

We are a young project so we want to stay agile as much as possible. So 
I suggest we release to rawhide and the latest fedora.

> - How can we detect regressions in stability and features
> 

Tests, and users(frysk team ? :))