[U-Boot] release timing wrt linux

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 02 April 2009 09:27:55 Kumar Gala wrote:
> 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?

it's pretty common for people who work on u-boot to also work on the kernel.  
trying to balance merge windows of two major projects simultaneously is 
unnecessarily strenuous.

> I doubt whatever we pick will ever be insync w/the kernel.

the idea is to be out of sync ;).  no, things wont always line up perfectly, 
but that doesnt mean we cant adjust when the kernel does change.
-mike
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