Re: 11.1 and 10.11 planning

[Andy Simpkins <andy@koipond.org.uk>]

On 06/09/2021 12:58, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Hi Adam,
>
> Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> (2021-09-06):
> > We've ended up being late with planning 10.11 due to the timing of the
> > bullseye release, and also need to look at getting 11.1 sorted.
> >
> > Traditionally, we've combined stable and oldstable point releases (at
> > 2- and 4-month cadences) while both are supported. That would still be
> > my preference, but I understand that not everyone on the Images side
> > is so keen on the idea. Open questions in addition to dates are
> > therefore whether we should do 10.11 and 11.1 on the same day and, if
> > not, how close together they should be.
> >
> > A few suggested dates to get things going:
> >
> > September 18th - not great; means freezing this coming weekend
> > September 25th - not great; I'm away during most of the week
> > beforehand, so will be unlikely to be able to deal with any issues,
> > make sure everything's ready, etc.
> > October 2nd - OK for me
> > October 9th - OK for me
> > October 16th - OK for me
>
> Regarding d-i preps, I should be able to accomodate anything that gets
> picked up.
>
>
> Cheers,


I can do all of the above dates except the 2nd October (wedding anniversary)

Whilst it is normal to run a point release on old stable at the same 
time as stable it does mean that we don't give the images in the old 
stable point release as much testing as perhaps they should because we 
are all 'too tired' by the time that we get round to them.  that said 
that is what the Sunday is for...

/Andy