Time to start getting 1.5 ready for beta?

[Stephen Holt]

I'm all about this, especially if we can actually make it work this time ;)

On Jul 26, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Eric Richie wrote:

> This is actually part of a proposal I have written up for once we get 1.4.3 wrapped up. :)
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> -Eric
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> On Jul 26, 2011, at 7:45 PM, Paul Wilde wrote:
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>> Something I'd like to suggest whilst we're on the subject of releases is maybe adopt a similar release cycle to Google Chrome once 1.5 is released. Mozilla (Firefox) have just now adopted this as well.
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>> 1.4.2 was released 7 months after 1.4.1, that's a long time when a few of those tickets were fixed within a month or two of 1.4.1 being released. 1 or 2 releases could of potentially been made in between 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 to give users bug fixes faster.
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>> So basically what I'm trying to say is rather than having fixes and features sat on a branch for 1-2 years begging to be see the light of day whilst waiting for the rest of the features to be completed, instead release what's there (assuming its release quality of course). I know stuff has been said previously about keeping branches in a release quality state.
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>> Also to ensure that stuff does actually get released set a rough timeframe of one minor release every month with whatever fixes are committed during that time. 
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>> Really 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc don't need to hold 100+ tickets as it demotivates people from contributing, I believe 30-40 tickets per major release is perfectly fine.
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>> I know that both Adrian and Robby are in favour of this at the very least.
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