posted May 18, 2011, 6:56 PM by JC Hulce
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updated May 27, 2011, 9:04 PM
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The UGR project has really taken off. With that popularity, there are lots of people asking for the next release. Our releases have been really irregular for several reasons: - Chris and JC, the two main drivers behind this project, are high school students. Their schedules are unpredictable.
- We had absolutely no idea what we were getting into when we started this project, and just started pulling dates and ideas out of thin air.
- There are lots of unexpected hang-ups and issues. Everyone is still learning as far as the programming goes.
- We want to deliver on software quality, and won't release an update if it doesn't work
For that reason, we are laying out a new roadmap and development schedule that should address several of those issues. This is still in drafting and may change. The new planThe new release sequence is proposed as follows: - A new Major 0.X.0 release every 3-4 weeks, delivering significant new features and bugfixes
- A new Minor 0.0.X release 1 week after the major, additional minor bugfixes one week after that if needed. This will deliver minor new features and bugfixes.
Development schedule: - Blueprints and bugs must be drafted and targeted to a milestone 1 week before it is due, 2 weeks is preferred.
- An update must be fully in dev channel for testing 2 days before it is due, 5 days is preferred.
What this doesThis schedule gives us the freedom to: - Breathe
- Test updates more thoroughly
- Have time for unexpected stuff
What about 1.0.0?1.0.0 was supposed to be out today. However, there are several problems with that: - The system (mostly GNOME 3) isn't anywhere near stable enough. We want our 1.0 to be as stable as possible
- There are lots of finishing touches that aren't done yet, like shell extensions, themes, an iso, etc
- We didn't have time to do everything.
We will deliver 1.X.X as a major release when everything is stable enough. For now, we plan to have the next major, and a cd image, out within the next week. You can view and comment on this on our wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UGR/SaneRoadmap |
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