Re: Zope 3 releases?

On Oct 7, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote:

> On 10/6/07, Jim Fulton <[email protected]> wrote:
>> - We need to decide what a Zope 3 release is (or maybe multiple
>> flavors).  I favor copying the linux experiences, but have an open  
>> mind.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean with that,

I mean we need to decide what a release is.


> but for me, a known good set, or
> what you call it, plus a buildout that uses this, would be enough for
> a Zope 3.4 release.
> If we easily can build the old standard downloadable tgz as well, then
> fine, but it's not necessary.

That is my opinion too.

>> - We need a *realistic* (especially wrt available resources) process
>> for managing releases.  There are 2 aspects of this.  We shouldn't
>> make plans for which there aren't enough resources.  We also
>> shouldn't plan significant tasks that people won't care enough to
>> work on.  I think the classic Zope 3.4 release is a good example of a
>> large effort that really wouldn't benefit many people, if any.
>
> Do you have a sort explanation on what is the missing resource? Is it,
> as it was for 3.3, lack of people-hours with knowledge in fixing the
> last bugs?

I'm not entirely sure.  I just observe that this doesn't seem to be  
making much progress.

Jim

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Jim Fulton
Zope Corporation