[U-Boot] release timing wrt linux

[Kumar Gala]

On Apr 2, 2009, at 7:03 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> On Thursday 02 April 2009 07:40:09 Wolfgang Denk wrote:
>> In message Mike wrote:
>>> can we shorten/elongate (doesnt matter to me) the next release  
>>> process ?
>>> the original time frame was picked so as to not overlap with the  
>>> linux
>>> kernel, but the current merge window did exactly that :(.
>>
>> Yes, I'm aware of this, but at least it's not our fault. We've been
>> releasing mostly on schedule, it was the Linux kernel releases that
>> shifted and shifted...
>>
>> Shorten is IMHO not an option, but we can delay it.
>>
>> Please suggest where and when? Make this merge window longer  by  one
>> week, and this testing phase longer by two weeks?
>
> that sounds reasonable to me ... maybe leave the exact release time  
> in May
> open so that if the kernel releases sooner, we can push out, or if  
> it releases
> later, we can push up.

What's the concern w/overlap or conflict with the kernel release?  I  
doubt whatever we pick will ever be insync w/the kernel.

- k