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On 13/11/13 14:15 +0100, Thierry Carrez wrote:
>Hi PTLs and everyone else,
>
>Last week we had the traditional "release schedule" session at the
>Design Summit where we discussed options for the Icehouse schedule.
>
>Here is the proposal we selected:
>https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Icehouse_Release_Schedule
>
>Please let me know if something is obviously wrong with it. I'd like to
>officialize it at the project/release status meeting next week, so that
>we can quickly start moving towards icehouse-1 (which will happen fast).
>
>One particularity in this schedule is that we have three full weeks
>between release and design summit, which is a long time (we usually only
>have 2). We discussed declaring one of those weeks an "off" week, where
>everyone is encouraged to take a well-deserved vacation. Activity would
>be reduced during this week, and nobody should expect anyone to read
>their email. For those of us who find it difficult to let go and stop
>constantly checking dev activity (that includes me), pre-designating a
>specific "off" week will really help us to take a break.
>
>Two options are possible for that "off" week:
>
>* Week of April 21 - this one is just after release, and some people
>still have a lot to do during that week. On the plus side it's
>conveniently placed next to the Easter weekend.
>* Week of April 28 - that's the middle week, which sounds a bit weird...
>but for me that would be the less active week, so I have a slight
>preference for it.

I personally prefer the second one. Taking some time off right after
the release will raise Murphy's attention.

>
>What would be your preference, if any ? I'm especially interested in
>opinions from people who have a hard time taking some time off (PTLs,
>infra and release management people).

And me! ;)

Cheers,
FF

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