[openstack-dev] [nova] [all] Updated String Freeze Guidelines

John Garbutt john at johngarbutt.com
Mon Sep 14 09:13:16 UTC 2015


On 10 September 2015 at 20:37, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:
> John Garbutt wrote:
>> [...]
>> After yesterday's cross project meeting, and hanging out in
>> #openstack-i18n I have come up with these updates to the String Freeze
>> Guidelines:
>> https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StringFreeze
>>
>> Basically, we have a Soft String Freeze from Feature Freeze until RC1:
>> * Translators work through all existing strings during this time
>> * So avoid changing existing translatable strings
>> * Additional strings are generally OK
>>
>> Then post RC1, we have a Hard String Freeze:
>> * No new strings, and no string changes
>> * Exceptions need discussion
>>
>> Then at least 10 working days after RC1:
>> * we need a new RC candidate to include any updated strings
>>
>> Is everyone happy with these changes?
>
> That sounds pretty good.

As promised, I have attempted to add this into the project-team-guide,
to help avoid any wiki related issues in the future:
https://review.openstack.org/223011

Thanks,
John



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