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On 02/23/2015 03:45 PM, Dan Smith wrote:
>> Seriously, what is the point of 6-month releases again? We are a
>> free-form open source set of projects, with a lot of intelligent
>> engineers. Why are we stuck using an outdated release model?
> 
> I've been wondering this myself for quite a while now. I'm really
> interested to hear what things would look like in a no-release model.
> I'm sure it would be initially met with a lot of resistance, but I think
> that in the end, it makes more sense to move to that sort of model and
> let vendors/deployers more flexibly decide when to roll out new stuff
> based on what has changed and what they value.

What's the alternative proposed release model?

What's the compatibility story with Glance / Neutron / Cinder in
whatever that model is?

What's the sliding upgrade window look like?

What's the stable maint story look like? the security fix story?

I get being frustrated with a thing, but there are a lot of
considerations before redoing the release cycle.

	-Sean

-- 
Sean Dague
http://dague.net

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