#3169: Finalize Fedora 13 Schedule

[Fedora Release Engineering]

#3169: Finalize Fedora 13 Schedule
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  Reporter:  poelstra         |       Owner:  rel-eng at lists.fedoraproject.org
      Type:  task             |      Status:  new                            
 Milestone:  Fedora 12 Final  |   Component:  koji                           
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:  meeting                        
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Changes (by poelstra):

 * cc: frields (added)

Comment:

 Executive Summary: We are blocked on setting a final date until we have
 more information from the mirrors.

 Jesse and I have talked a little more on #fedora-devel and researched a
 few other things.  Here is a current status:

  1. We are waiting for feedback on logistics list to set the Final Go/No-
 Go meeting date--
 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/logistics/2009-November/000281.html
     * This should not affect concluding on the schedule and sending it on
 to FESCo
  1. Jesse raised the issue of colliding with other releases on the mirrors
 if Fedora releases close to the same time.  We have a current conflict
 with Ubuntu's release date.  It is hard to know how seriously we should
 consider this in light of our historical schedule performance since Fedora
 8 being that we are always 2 weeks or more late on our originally
 scheduled release date.  I would like to think that lucky Fedora 13 will
 be the release we break that but it's hard to know.  To get more
 information on the severity of this problem I started a post on fedora-
 infrastructure list--https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-
 infrastructure-list/2009-November/msg00159.html
       * This item needs to be closed before moving on to FESCo because it
 could change our final GA date by one week or two.  My personal suggestion
 would be to move the Fedora schedule out by one week to avoid the conflict
 with Ubuntu.  It still conflicts with SUSE, but Matt D suggest this
 shouldn't be a problem.
  1. I will also start the start the same thread on mirror-list-d once I
 get approved there
  1. I also started a thread on the fedora-desktop-list to get feedback on
 the schedule from the Desktop team.  No specific changes have been
 suggested by the desktop team.  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-
 desktop-list/2009-November/msg00125.html

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