[Mesa-dev] [RFC] Mesa release improvements - Release schedule

[Andres Gomez]

On Mon, 2018-03-12 at 16:00 +0000, Emil Velikov wrote:
> On 12 March 2018 at 14:35, Andres Gomez <agomez at igalia.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> >  * Release schedule: move from pre-announce Wed, announcement Fri [0]
> >    to pre-announce Mon, announcement Wed.
> >     * Why would we want to do this?
> >        * We have delays in the release every now and then. When this
> >          happens, we step already into the weekend which is bad for the
> >          release team but also for the developers of specific drivers
> >          who will have to test the patches in the queue before the
> >          actual release.
> >        * Moving the dates to Mon and Wed gives a bigger margin to a
> >          delay without stepping into the weekend. It also gives a bit
> >          more of margin in case we found straight away that a release
> >          is problematic and needs immediate correction.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I believe that Ian/Carl had reasons for choosing Friday, although do
> not recall the details.
> I can see this proposal helping us, but it will be great if they can
> share their train of thought.
> 
> There could be something that we're missing ;-)
> 
> Obviously input from others is also appreciated.

No counter arguments so far. I'll send a patch to the doc for review
ASAP.

-- 
Br,

Andres