Re: Some tasks we should get done

[Dennis Gilmore]

On Monday 17 May 2010 11:03:57 am Karsten Hopp wrote:
>  Am 17.05.2010 17:29, schrieb Dennis Gilmore:
>  > while it is not a complete tree i think we should move the rawhide tree
>  > to the fedora 12 location. it would be great if we could get some
>  > hercules images based on it.  We can then work to try get F-13 and F-14
>  > started
>  > 
>  > 
>  > I want to make sure that for all arches we release F-14 in the same month
>  > as the primary arch is released.
>  > 
>  > There is plenty for people to do to get things moving forward.  adding
>  > s390 31 bit builds has slowed things down.
>  > 
>  > 
>  > I also wonder if we shouldn't make a 31 bit installer and kernel for
>  > fedora. or is there really no demand for it?
>  > 
>  > Dennis
>  
>  Phil created the last hercules images, F-11 afaik. Maybe he's got some
>  time to update them to F-12.
>  
>  The big question atm is if we really should try to get an installable F-13.
>  There's still a lot of work to do, a rough estimate is 1 - 1/2 months and
>  then we'd play catch-up again with F-14. Phil and I talked about it in
>  the office today and we agreed that it might be a good idea to start
>  rebuilding Rawhide as soon as possible even if this means that we'd have to
>  rebuild a package twice to fix SONAME problems. 
alot of F-13 and F-14 can be done
in parallel, if we can get F-13 done in the 
next 3 months i think its worth it.  We will likely release F-12 sparc when 
F-13 primary is released. ideally they happen at the same time.



>  I don't think that we need a 31bit installer, the latest
> 31bit-only s390
>  hardware is already several years old. 
sure but as a community if there are people with the hardware who want 
something newer we can provide it.  I guess we can see if there is any demand 

Dennis