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dberkholz 08/01/24 08:21:33 |
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Added: 20080123_releng_beta.xml |
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Add news about plans for a public beta for 2008.0. |
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1.1 xml/htdocs/news/20080123_releng_beta.xml |
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file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/20080123_releng_beta.xml?rev=1.1&view=markup |
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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/news/20080123_releng_beta.xml?rev=1.1&content-type=text/plain |
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Index: 20080123_releng_beta.xml |
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> |
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<!DOCTYPE news SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd"> |
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<news gentoo="yes" category="main"> |
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<poster>dberkholz</poster> |
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<date>2008-01-23</date> |
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<title>Public beta release planned for 2008.0 release cycle</title> |
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<body> |
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<table> |
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<tr> |
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<th colspan="2">Tentative schedule (dates may change):</th> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Feb. 1</ti> |
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<ti>Snapshot of the tree taken</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Feb. 25</ti> |
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<ti>Docs due to GDP from release coordinators</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Feb. 25</ti> |
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<ti>Snapshot frozen for beta</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Feb. 29</ti> |
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<ti>Docs finalized</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Mar. 3</ti> |
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<ti>Beta1 released</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Mar. 14</ti> |
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<ti>Final upload</ti> |
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</tr> |
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<tr> |
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<ti>Mar. 17</ti> |
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<ti>Release</ti> |
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</tr> |
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</table> |
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<p> |
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Public beta releases play a major role in the <uri |
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link="http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/">Release Engineering |
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team's</uri> revamped plans for 2008.0. Releng lead <mail |
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link="wolf31o2">Chris Gianelloni</mail> said he hoped beta releases would |
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increase community participation as well as the quality of the final |
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release. These feature-complete public betas will require the earlier |
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development of release materials, another component of the 2008.0 |
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changes. To ensure sufficient time for beta testing, a mandatory 2-week |
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testing period will follow the beta release. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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A comprehensive testing checklist will be developed on the <uri |
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link="http://archives.gentoo.org/gentoo-releng/">gentoo-releng mailing |
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list</uri>, as will a list of which details of testers' machines and |
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environments they should turn in to developers. In the past, testers often |
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provided insufficient information to releng developers because of vague |
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instructions. Now, a new form will include all of the required questions |
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and details. "Sadly you almost want a beta that phones home as to what it |
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was successfully run on," said <mail link="tgall">Tom Gall</mail>. <mail |
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link="opfer">Christian Faulhammer</mail> suggested using a hardware |
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reporting tool such as <uri |
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link="http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-admin/hwreport">app-admin/hwreport</uri>. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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More news on the 2008.0 release will appear over the next few days. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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</news> |
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