On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 05:39:23AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 07:28:58PM +0200, Luk Claes wrote:
About freeze timing we think that DebConf should definitely not fall
into a freeze
We noticed that releases in the first quarter of the year
worked out quite well in the past like both Etch and Lenny. Taking these
into consideration we think it would be best to freeze in December.
We'll be consulting all key teams within Debian to see how their plans
and schedules can fit into a new timeline. Before the end of August we
hope to have finished this process of consultation and be able to
present the new plan to you.
Why not have a developer poll as to what month(s) would most suit
people for the freeze, rather than limiting it to "key teams"?
So, with August almost half-way over, I guess the release team's not
going to be doing much more to seek input from non-key teams/developers.
I still think it'd be interesting and useful to get broader input,
though. Something like a choice amongst the following questions by GR
might work:
1. The Debian project recommends that the release team target
December 2009 for squeeze's freeze, and work hard to avoid allowing
the freeze to slip by more than a few weeks. The project notes this
is approximately 10 months after lenny's release, and approximately
18 months after lenny's freeze. The project acknowledges this may
assist in synchronising Debian 6.0 and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, may assist
in setting up regular freezes every second December, and is intended
to allow Debian 6.0 to be released prior to DebConf 2010.