Re: 11.8 planning

Hi Donald,

On Wed, 2023-06-21 at 06:33 -0400, Donald Norwood wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 6/20/23 13:15, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > The traditional cadence for oldstable point releases is four
> > months,
> > rather than two. That technically means that 11.8 would be due
> > somewhere in late August to mid-September. So we could either punt
> > 11.8
> > so it aligns with 12.2 rather than 12.1, or do 11.8 together with
> > 12.1
> > and then align 11.9 with 12.3.
> > ...
> > The 1st would mean freezing this coming weekend, which is very
> > tight.
> > 
> > As per the 12.1 mail, either the 8th or 15th would work for me,
> > with a
> > preference for the latter. Given the explanation above though, I
> > think
> > the 22nd would be fine for 11.8 as well.
> 
> I think pushing everything forward at this time would be advisable
> as several people have indicated that they need a breather. A slight
> delay may be ideal.

I'm assuming you mean what at least in en_GB is normally referred to as
"pushing things back" - i.e. making things later than suggested.

Did you just mean that we should opt for the later of the dates
suggested (July 22nd), or did you have something else in mind?

Regards,

Adam