[U-Boot] [ANN] U-Boot v2018.11 delayed a day

Stefano Babic sbabic at denx.de
Tue Nov 13 11:01:50 UTC 2018


On 13/11/18 01:03, Marek Vasut wrote:
> On 11/12/2018 11:25 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 11:13:29PM +0100, Marek Vasut wrote:
>>> On 11/12/2018 10:40 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
>>>> Hey all,
>>>>
>>>> Since Jagan promise a v2 SPI PR for some build fixes that we should have
>>>> in the release and I believe didn't get them out before the end of his
>>>> day, I'm letting everyone know now to expect the release tomorrow
>>>> instead, thanks!
>>>
>>> Will anyone have any chance to test those fixes to verify they didn't
>>> break anything ?
>>
>> Since they're obvious enough by inspection, I'm not worried about it.
> 
> Which patches are those ?
> 
>>> I believe this is yet another manifestation of the problems of the 2
>>> month release cycle, which I think is too short and stressful.
>>
>> And I believe that's a red herring.  All the same I am still considering
>> changes.
> 
> I'd really like to know how do other maintainers feel about this 2 month
> release cycle vs. for example 3 month like Linux does.

My two cents..

> I think the later
> is about right, 2 months is too short.

+1

I vote for 3 months release cycle, too. If I remember well, we had
already such as a discussion in the past, and at least some of us (I was
one of them) ask to increase the release cycle.

Best regards,
Stefano

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