Fedora 13 Schedule Discussion Take II

[John Poelstra]

I realize there hasn't been general consensus yet on what we want, but I 
took another stab at things trying to accommodate everyone as much as 
possible.  I created two new scenarios to see if there are parts or 
wholes that resonate with people.  Constructive feedback such as what to 
change and where the adjustment points should be is helpful.

== SCENARIO I ==
  --include Test Composes before freezes (desired by Jesse & James)
  --shrink Alpha testing period to 3 weeks (from 4)
    --I realize Bill prefers 2 here, but considering this is the first 
test release (not the second as in all the releases before Fedora 12), 2 
weeks seems awfully short, plus it is just that much sooner that you 
have to create another public release.
   --by shrinking Alpha testing period by one week (now three weeks), 
add that time to development and feature creation duration at the front 
of the schedule.
   --hold beta testing period at three weeks
o Fancy gantt chart pdf: 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13-draft/fedora-13-scenario1.pdf
o Boring html version: 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13-draft/f-13-scenario-1.html

== SCENARIO II ==
   --same as Scenario I with exception below
   --reduce beta testing period to two weeks and add extra week to 
development and feature creation duration at the front of the schedule.
o Fancy gantt chart pdf: 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13-draft/fedora-13-scenario2.pdf
o Boring html version: 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13-draft/f-13-scenario-2.html

== NOTE ==
I realize that the "alpha/beta testing periods" are unusual in the 
Fedora context with rawhide continuing to move and new testing content 
being made frequently.  I also realize this potentially changes with the 
new rawhide proposal, but since it is not implemented yet I think it is 
too early to completely rely on it as the foundation of these schedules. 
  I do think looking at the testing duration is helpful to bracket a 
period of time that these official test releases are available for wider 
consumption and testing and when releng has a break from creating images.

Fedora 13 in the context of other releases 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-13-draft/f8-f13-schedule-analysis-v2.ods

== QUESTIONS ==
1) James--how much time does QA believe we need for public testing of 
Alpha and Beta?

2) What other scenarios can I create to help us get to the final one?

John