[wp-hackers] 120-day release cycle

[Matt Mullenweg]

One of the biggest problems I think with WP is that our release cycle 
can be quite erratic. It makes it hard for people to plan around 
releases, because it's never quite sure when they're coming, and it also 
allows development to go far beyond when it should as more and more and 
more stuff happens.

2.1 still hasn't had a release, even though it's been very stable for 
months.

I think as an experiment after 2.1, we should aim to do a release 
exactly 120 days after when 2.1 comes out.

What could the release cycle look like?

2 months of crazy fun wild development where anything goes
1 month of polishing things a little bit, and performance
Feature freeze.
1 month of testing, with a public beta release at the beginning

After we're done and 2.2 is out, we can see how it went and decide where 
to go from there.

What do you folks think about trying this type of release schedule out?

-- 
Matt Mullenweg
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