"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> writes:
> Hi Peter, > > At 2025-11-15T15:00:29-0500, Peter Schaffter wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 15, 2025, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> > I think groff 1.24.0.rc1 is finally coming into view. >> >> Just the release candidate, or the actual release? > > Just the release candidate; I don't have the courage to push a final > release with _no_ release candidates, and we haven't had any for 1.24. > > That said, if RC1 is well received and raises no issues demanding a code > change, I see no reason not to go to final release after that. (That's > kind of my definition of a "release candidate"--if it builds and runs > and no defects arise warranting code changes, it's a successful > "candidate".) > > What I took away from the 1.22.4 and 1.23.0 release cycles shows was > that 2 weeks is about as long as we need for RC feedback. I remember > being frustrated that holding the RC window open for a third week didn't > seem to accomplish much. > > It's my first time doing this officially for groff, of course. I'm open > to feedback or suggestions about release management. For Coreutils, Pádraig usually does a release snapshot around a week before the planned release to allow people to test [1]. Sometimes it goes well and can be released early. Other times it needs a few more snapshots due to unforeseen bugs. Just figured I would share in case you want to try something similar, using [email protected]. Collin [1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/platform-testers/2025-11/msg00000.html
