[csw-maintainers] RFD: Releases and staging proposal

[Dagobert Michelsen]

Hi James,

Am 09.02.2010 um 20:08 schrieb James Lee:
> On 08/02/10, 20:52:01, Dagobert Michelsen <dam at opencsw.org> wrote  
> regarding
> Re: [csw-maintainers] RFD: Releases and staging proposal:
>
>>>> So we should stick to what we have and just drop the proposal?
>>>
>>> maybe, maybe not.
>>> What does the "new" proposal fix?
>>> That has not been identified.
>>>
>>> Seems to me, that should be the first thing in the proposal;
>>> identifying "the problem" that the proposal has been created to fix.
>
>> It says so clearly in "background":
>>  "The main problem is that there are currently no processes that
>>   might potentially lead to a stable release"
>
> There is a process.
> The proposal doesn't say how it is more likely to lead to a release.

Because snapshots get updates?

>>>> The wiki page is a proposal and you propose a change to the  
>>>> proposal.
>>>> So how about some discussion on the matter instead of the wording?
>>>
>>> Why are you objecting to changing the wording? whats the problem?
>>> He's suggested a change to the proposal. Are you only open to some
>>> kinds of change to it?
>
>> First it says clearly on top of the page "Status: Draft".
>
> The missing word is proposal.

Changed.

>> There are two ways the document can be changed:
>> 1. Describe the change in terms of "I propose to change the sentence
>>   'abc' to 'def' in paragraph 1 of section 2" and discuss it on
>>   maintainers@
>
> This the form a proposal should take.

Show me the written process of how stable works now and I reformat
the new proposal with "I propose to replace the existing process
with ...".


Best regards

   -- Dago