Re: OpenLDAP 2.5 plans and community engagement

[Lucio De Re <lucio.dere@gmail.com>]

On 8/7/19, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote:
>
> That is an argument for timed releases. The OpenBSD project is a good
> example: they release twice a year. If a feature cannot be made stable in
> time for one release, they either back it out or do not commit in the first
> place, and simply try to make it work for the following one. There is
> actually less pressure to force a feature (that may or may not be ready) in
> a particular release, because the next one will be along shortly. When
> releases are ad hoc, there is actually more pressure because people start
> thinking “if we don’t get it in this release, who knows when the next
> opportunity will be”.
>
It is also an argument for external funding, because the team involved
needs to be sponsored when release time comes. Who will then ensure
the type of sponsorship that does not dry up at a bad moment?

Lucio.