[fedora-java] [[e-mail]: Re: [eclipse-dev] 3.3M5 and Valentine's Day]

[Andrew Overholt]

For those that aren't on eclipse-dev, here are the proposed 3.3 dates:

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>  From: Mike Wilson <Mike_Wilson(a)ca.ibm.com&gt;
>  To: "General development mailing list of the Eclipse project."
> <eclipse-dev(a)eclipse.org&gt;
>  X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 6.5.5 November 30, 2005
>  Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:08:42 -0500
>  Subject: Re: [eclipse-dev] 3.3M5 and Valentine's Day
>  
>  [...]
>  
>  Friday Feb. 9, 2006 - Milestone 5 (3.3 M5) - stable build
>  Friday Mar. 23, 2006 - Milestone 6 (3.3 M6) - stable build - API complete - API
>  Freeze
>  Friday May 4, 2006 - Milestone 7 (3.3 M5) - stable build - feature complete -
>  development freeze - lock down and testing begins
>  
>  ***IMPORTANT***: Although M6 is the last possible date for API changes, it is
>  important for people to close on their API sooner if possible,
>  _preferably_by_M5_. This is _effectively_what_happened_last_year_ where the API
>  Freeze was M5, but there were a significant number of API changes post M5. I
>  expect the situation to be similar this year, but we are being transparent
>  about the likelyhood of late changes. After M5,
>  _you_should_get_approval_from_a_PMC_member_ for any API change you want to
>  make.
>  
>  You should also assume that all attempts to make API changes after M6 will be
>  rejected.
>   
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