[alsa-devel] Scheduled alsa-lib release?

[Takashi Sakamoto]

On Mar 9 2016 16:52, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 08:47:09 +0100,
> Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Mar 9 2016 15:17, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>> On Wed, 09 Mar 2016 07:16:24 +0100,
>>> Vinod Koul wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 05:49:19PM +0100, Takashi Iwai wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> in the previous meeting, there have been requests about the regular
>>>>> "predictable" release of alsa-lib.  We thought of aligning with kernel
>>>>> release cycle, judging from the nature of alsa-lib.
>>
>> As a quick glance of the number of commits per month (see in the end of
>> this message), alsa-lib is not so actively developed recently. (except
>> for topology APIs)
>>
>> I think releasing every 2 months makes the release maintenance effort
>> more hard than its actual advantage. It better to release alsa-lib for 2
>> or more kernel release cycles.
>
> Yes, that was the proposal in the meeting.  It wasn't meant to release
> every cycle.
>
> The point is to align with the kernel release cycle so that people can
> know the possible release point beforehand.  The actual release can be
> skipped easily if nothing happens, of course.

To me, it doesn't mean _scheduled_ release. It's just within a policy 
for releasing about an aspect of 'date'.

Anyway, I have no objections about it, as long as the cycle is not so 
frequent and people are not so busy for the release maintenance.


Regards

Takashi Skamaoto