ReleaseCycle

Differences between revisions 2 and 5 (spanning 3 versions)

People

Review our experiences with the existing release strategy and discuss possible improvements

Everybody loves newer software
- The backports mess
- What is the valid use case here, and can we accomodate it within Ubuntu?
- Making new packages (as opposed to new versions) more accessible to users of stable releases
Phases of freeze
Release rollup / checklist items
- Artwork
- Translations
  - String freeze
  - Installer translations
  - Non-langpack translations
  - Langpack translations
- Kernel
- Uploads of packages which go on the CD
- Uploads to main
- Uploads to universe

UbuntuDownUnder/BOFs/ReleaseCycle (last edited 2008-08-06 16:36:33 by localhost)

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