[Development] Setting up time-based releases for the project

[Thiago Macieira]

On terça-feira, 7 de agosto de 2012 00.20.56, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> On segunda-feira, 6 de agosto de 2012 22.13.30, joao.abecasis at nokia.com 
wrote:
> > Leaky-faucet is deemed beta quality and somewhat more stable. At the very
> > least it shouldn't break as often. We can expect that more people will be
> > willing to track this branch with their own development.
> 
> One more thing I'd like to add: leaky-faucet should be in the "always ready

And by leaky-faucet, I mean fire-hose.

Thanks João for reminding me on IRC.

> for beta" stage. That is, the maintainers of the modules should monitor this
> branch and ensure that all changes coming in are contributing towards the
> beta-ready status, not detracting from it.
> 
> Large code refactorings and new features should be developed out of this
> branch and merged in only when they're ready to be beta-tested.
> 
> Whether the beta cycle starts immediately after the feature landing or 6
> months later, that's orthogonal to the discussion.
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Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com
  Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center
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