Timed releases, versions, etc... [was Re: Freeze proto.h?]

[Jeremy Allison]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 03:15:19AM -0400, Jim McDonough wrote:
> 
> But it will definitely require a mind shift from the "Wait, we have to
> have _my_ major piece"  mode that currently dominates scheduling of
> releases.  The developer who writes the code has to decide if the code
> will be ready for the schedule, rather than delaying the schedule (and
> everyone's code) until the code is ready.

This is a critical point I hadn't considered, thanks for making it.

The more I think about it the more I think 6 monthly cycles should
be the way to go.

Jeremy.