[fedora-java] [Mike_Wilson at ca.ibm.com: 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 at ca.ibm.com>
> To: "General development mailing list of the Eclipse project." <eclipse-dev at eclipse.org>
> 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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