[yocto] New Release Number 2.99 in Bugzilla

[akuster]

Stephano


On 03/08/2018 10:46 AM, Stephano Cetola wrote:
> The Yocto Project team is moving to a new release planning process and I
> want to provide an overview as there will be some things I need from
> those of you making changes and adding things to Bugzilla.
>
> Overview:
> We are moving to a “Pull” process for planning rather than a “Push”
> process.  What this means is that we will start with an empty 2.6
> release bucket and pull bugs and enhancements in that map to our top
> priorities rather than push things out of a giant bucket.  We are hoping
> this will help us start 2.6 with a very clear idea as to what we will
> focus on and be much less overwhelming than pushing a giant snowball
> through each release.
>
> How does this effect you?
> If you are pushing bugs/enhancements to the next release or adding new
> bugs/enhancements for the next release you need to be aware of the
> following:
>
> -We have a M+ Future status that holds items that are important and need
> to be addressed soon.  This bucket is pretty big.
> -We have moved all 2.6 features and bugs to a 2.99 release.  This bucket
> is a temporary hold for the items that didn’t make it into 2.5 and are
> at the very top of our list for review to pull in.  We don’t want them
> to get lost in the M+ Future bucket.  Once 2.6 planning is complete,
> this 2.99 bucket will be empty and removed.
> -If you are adding new bugs and enhancements that you believe should be
> slotted for 2.6, please enter them as 2.99.
> -If you are pushing anything from 2.5 to 2.6, please enter it as 2.99.
>
> Please let me know if you have any questions about this.

thanks for the explanation. I wonder if this should be sent to core list
as I believe some bug categories may be non yocto project based or folks
using Poky may not be on list list, like bitbake, yocto-linux etc. Cross
posting may be ok in this case.

- Armn
>
> Thanks,
> Stephano
>