Proposing a new release calendar

[Raphaël Gomès]

Hi all,

The new calendar is now into effect. See 
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/TimeBasedReleasePlan.

Have a nice end of the year,
Raphaël

On 12/10/21 16:48, Raphaël Gomès wrote:
> Since nobody has objected yet to the new release calendar, I'm leaving 
> this as a "last call" until Friday 17th included (all timezones).
>
> Thanks,
> Raphaël
>
> On 11/22/21 11:34, Raphaël Gomès wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This email is in part prompted by the previous releases' delay, but 
>> also by discussions around release timing we've previously had. 6.0 
>> is very likely coming out tomorrow with a delay of 22 days due to a 
>> lot of issues with Windows Python 3 support. I was going to propose 
>> to move the 6.1 release to March 1st 2022 just this once, but thought 
>> about doing this more permanently.
>>
>> With the relatively limited resources we have and the current 
>> calendar including a release that falls right in the middle of summer 
>> where activity is lowest and help is less available, I propose that 
>> we go back to 3 major releases a year with the following calendar:
>>
>> Freeze date | Major Release | Minor | Minor | Minor
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Feb 15      | Mar 1         | Apr 1 | May 1 | Jun 1
>> Jun 17      | Jul 1         | Aug 1 | Sep 1 | Oct 1
>> Oct 18      | Nov 1         | Dec 1 | Jan 1 | Feb 1
>>
>> What do you all think?
>>
>> Raphaël
>>
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