[Zope3-dev] Re: Roadmap for Zope 3.4

[Martijn Faassen]

Philipp von Weitershausen wrote:
> Martijn Faassen wrote:
>>> That doesn't mean we should postpone a final release over and over 
>>> again, just because we don't have the resources. In fact, because we 
>>> don't have the resources, we should release a final anyway and catch 
>>> up with bugs in, well, bugfix releases :).
>>
>> Yes, the whole idea is that we never will have enough resources, so we 
>> just make do with what we have. The other idea is that it's easier to 
>> garner resources when you actually have a release in sight. I *think* 
>> the latter has been working at least to some extent for Zope, but we 
>> risk losing our credibility if it doesn't actually result in a 
>> release. You get the "Oh well, I'll participate in the bug day next 
>> week." effect.
> 
> My sentiments exactly.
> 
> If we decide to stick with the November release, 3.4/2.11 will be very 
> very unambitious. I don't think 2.11 is any different from 2.10, except 
> that some BBB code is to be removed. That makes me wonder: perhaps we 
> should set the next release date for 6 months from now (March), like 
> Andreas suggested on zope-dev at zope.org.

I would be okay with this, with the condition that we shouldn't go into 
this kind of slippage again, otherwise we'll keep cycling through the 
year. I really think we should seriously consider trading off release 
perfectionism against releasing on time.

Regards,

Martijn