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RE: [cross-project-issues-dev] Is it to late to change our GanymedePlans?
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+1. In CDT, we may need one last build to pick up any
critical fixes. I had assumed there was a chance for a build post RC4 leading to
the release date anyway, or why wait the week :).
Cheers,
Doug.
Just kidding.
Well, mostly.
I've added an RC5 "target" to our table at
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Ganymede_Simultaneous_Release#Milestones_and_Release_Candidates
It has the
_exact same dates_ as the final release dates in the table.
I added an explanation in that
plan document, but will repeat here:
Note: in
the following table, 'RC5' is not a release 'candidate', per se,
but it is to represent 'the' final build. It is called 'RC"
simply a convenient, consistent target to use in Bugzilla, and similar things,
to be able to mark things that are different in the final release build than
in the RC4 build. (The full word, "Ganymede" doesn't make a very good bugzilla
milestone target, since it's a little too inclusive).
'Hopefully' there will 'not by ANY
differences' between RC4, and RC5 ... but, I've heard rumors that
some projects are planning on making doc additions, readme files, etc., so ...
this just provides a way that such changes can be consistently marked,
tracked, etc., to better keep us all informed ... just in case of the unlikely
even that there do happen to be differences in bits between RC4 and the final
Released code.
I know this is dangerous since psychologically
some teams may think it is just fine to make changes after RC4, but this
is not the intent. (and would not be ok!) .
It is simply a "book keeping" mechanism so
that if people do need to mark something for "their final build" such that
other projects (and the community) can query to see "what's change in the
final release from RC4" this hopefully gives a consistent way to document such
things, to aide communication a bit.
Make sense? Any objections? Suggestions for
better ways to communicate those final differences, if any? Is there a better
"target" name to use? ("R" seems a bit too vague, but I'm open).