Dear Dirk,
In message 49F2F59A.80509@googlemail.com you wrote:
While I agree on your comment on flexibility, I strongly repudiate the statement that the MW state is not clearly communicated. Please have a look at http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/U-Boot/ReleaseCycle
Ups, this link is new to me. Thanks for it :)
Well, I thought it is easy to find. Even google for "u-boot merge window" lists it as first link.
Now, talking above about wiki and IRC above, someone might get the feeling 'and what's about the mailing list'? Maybe we can help people by pushing the available info from IRC/wiki more actively into their inboxes? (*)
So what about
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/56294
?
I could imagine to have 4 or 5 points were an additional mail (besides IRC/wiki update) would make sense:
- Some days before merge window opens "merge window opens in t days,
become ready"
- Version z created. Merge window is open. Will be open until ...
- Merge window will close in some days, please become ready
- Merge window closed now. Next merge window is planned for x, first
-rc is planned for y.
I think that would be serious overkill. If you are interested in the U-Boot development cycle you can get the information easily - see above. If you need fine-grained reminders, set up a local reminder program.
And if we want to make it perfect, each -rc could get a similar announcement, too.
Would ne not just add a lot of noise to the ML, without any real new information?
If you want detailed information about each action, please feel free and register a RSS feed on the git repository.
Please note that I don't want to say that this didn't happen in the past. I just want to say that there might be the _feeling_ that the info isn't there and that people are too lazy to search for it. And with this more info on the mailing list could help.
Sorry, but I cannot really follow you. All the information you request for seems to be present to me. I have posted this on the ML, and I update the web page pretty promptly.
I don;t know why you missed the information.
(*) Well, most probably we should do it less often than RMK does post his FAQs on arm-linux-kernel mailing list ;)
He. At least his "You disturb me. Go away!" message add some spice ;-)
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk