New proposed release cycle for IcedTea-Web

[Deepak Bhole]

Hi Everyone,

The past, IcedTea-Web releases have been rather sporadic and I would like
to address this with a firm release cycle.

I was thinking that from here on, we do a forced release every 4-6
months, with branching happening 3 weeks before release.

Whichever period we pick, the release date will be firm. The only
exceptions allowed will be critical blockers/regressions. If features do
not make it in before branching, they get pushed to next release.

With 6 months, the next release will be on September 4th 2012.
With 4 months, the next release will be on July 3rd 2012.

I had 6 months in mind initially, but given the pace at which things are
moving, I think 4 is more suited in the short-term for the next 2-3
releases.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Deepak