[Adium-devl] Adium 1.2.1 and beyond

[Colin Barrett]

Excellent ideas!

Perhaps we should have a milestone called "1.2.x" where we can just  
throw tickets that we want to get done in the 1.2 timeframe, and  
developers could grab tickets from there and target them at the next  
open milestone.  One thing that tends to happen is people just  
throwing tickets into a later milestone, and never really re-triaging  
those tickets when that milestone rolls around.

I also propose we start using a keyword for tickets that land on the  
branch, so we can easily see how many we've fixed so far for each  
release.

-Colin

On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Evan Schoenberg wrote:

> I'd like to release Adium 1.2.1 in the near future, preferably this  
> weekend some time.  We introduced more than a couple bugs and leaks  
> in 1.2 which have been fixed for 1.2.1.
>
> After that, we have some decisions to make.  Milestone Adium 1.2.1  
> currently has a ginormous hodgepodge of tickets, far beyond the  
> scope I'd like to set for future releases.  The open tickets on that  
> milestone will shift to 1.2.2 (and the existing 1.2.2 to 1.2.3) once  
> we release 1.2.1.
>
> Here's what I propose for releases moving forward:
>  - Regressions should always be targeted for the next minor  
> version.  We'll try to fix all known regressions before releasing  
> the next minor version.
>  - We'll assign no more than 15 bugs and/or minor enhancements to  
> each minor revision.  Anyone choosing to accept a ticket -- that is,  
> declare themselves to be working on it -- can do so and move a  
> ticket to the next minor revision beyond that number.
>  - I'd like for each person who considers himself an active  
> developer to have a hand in each release.  You all know that despite  
> my insanity I know as well as anyone the demands of Real Life; let's  
> not make a stressful or problematic change in that direction. How  
> about we say that each active developer should try to have accepted  
> and truly be working on (or completed) at least one ticket in a  
> given milestone?
>  - We'll release when a milestone is completed with no known  
> regressions or 1 month has passed since the previous release,  
> whichever comes first.
>  - Major new features and significant rewrites (such as the buddy  
> icon management rewrite I recently did) should end up in the trunk  
> for release as the next major version.  When feasible, use  
> microbranches for work which you expect to break trunk while it is  
> in progress.  (That last bit, of course, will be likely be easier  
> when we resolve the DVCS question.)
>
> What do y'all think about this, in general and in specific?
>
> Cheers,
> Evan
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