Re: Minor schedule procedure tweak (rain dates and such)
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 02:58:19PM +1000, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> The mismatch in the numbering here feels inherently confusing to me.
>
> How about if the numbers were aligned, and then the first Beta target date
> was called something like "Preferred Beta Target" or "Beta Target
0"?
>
> That would give:
>
> * Beta Target 0 (preferred): missing this shortens the Beta testing
> period, but doesn't necessarily cause the Final release to slip
> * Beta Target 1: missing this means Final Target 2 is the earliest
> release date that will be considered
> * Beta Target 2: missing this means defining new Beta Target 3 and
> Final Target 3 dates
> * Final Target 1: releasing on this date requires hitting Beta Target 0
> or Beta Target 1
> * Final Target 2: fallback release target if Beta Target 1 and/or Final
> Target 1 are missed
Sure, that works for me. I also appreciate your sneaking in the word
"preferred" there, because otherwise "Target 0" sounds like "We
know
this'll never happen". :)
Thanks Nick, the idea is now implemented in the draft of the policy:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Jkurik/Fedora_Release_Life_Cycle
Jan
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