On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:59:21PM +0000, James Freer wrote:
I have the greatest respect for the developer's that put in considerable effort for each release. The problem with 6 month release cycle is too little time. I've used linux now for almost 6 years with
Having some experience with timing development cycles in agile/scrum, the problem with a longer release cycle is that the amount of work bitten off grows to match, and you end up with the same scramble on a bigger scale, actually making the problem worse rather than better.
I think we should keep on a six-month release cycle but also have "epic" planning for features across cycles. There was a suggestion at Fudcon to move to using point releases, each point with a six-month cycle but with a bigger two-year cycle wrapping a series of releases together.