On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Marcob <marcob...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 26, 1:19 pm, Aymeric Augustin > <aymeric.augus...@polytechnique.org> wrote: >> On 24 nov. 2011, at 16:53, Marcob wrote: >> >> > I realize that this is a volunteer-based project, but I was wondering >> > if you have any updates regarding the wiki page for the 1.4 roadmap? >> > (https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Version1.4Roadmap) >> >> Hi Marco, >> >> Unlike previous releases, Django 1.4 didn't get a formal roadmap. So it will >> contain the features currently listed in the release notes [1], plus those >> that will be added before the release. > > Aymeric, thanks a lot! > > Btw this is ok for "what", but for just a really rough idea of "when" > a roadmap would be great. > > You need a date to be late :-)
Hi Marco, I can't disagree. We've been really bad at managing the 1.4 cycle. Members of the core team have stood up at two DjangoCons (EU and US this year) an expressed an interested in "faster" release cycles... and then we've managed to completely fail in delivering on that idea. I'd say we're certainly overdue for cutting an alpha and starting the release machinery rolling. What we're missing at this point is someone on the core team with the spare resources to manage the release process. Unfortunately, this is one of those areas where Django falls victim to being a volunteer project. None of the core team are paid to work on Django, so there's no workforce that we can compel to deliver on a timeline, and punishing volunteers isn't an especially a productive activity. So -- what we need is for someone in the core team who is able to find the resources in their schedule to commit to shepherding a release. Speaking for myself, I know that this almost certainly isn't going to be me -- my work life has got a lot more complicated since the 1.3 release. Any practical suggestions on how we can improve on this situation will be gratefully accepted. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
