Planning for M5: June 23, 2014 [RDP2]

[Lisa Selle]

Steve can you clarify the process for various stages for retargeting 
bugs to a later release?

On 5/23/2014 1:15 PM, Stephen F Northover wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The next milestone M5, June 23, 2014 [RDP2], is an important one. 
> Essentially, we are shipping FX for 8u20 after this.  There is a week 
> before the final FX ZBB date which is July 1, 2014, but we should not 
> be touching any code during this week.  After July 1 ZBB, we are 
> stopping all development on FX 8u20 and starting on 8u40.
>
> Here is the plan for M5:
>
> May 26-30: Fix P123, fix or move P45 to 8u40
> June 2-5: Fix P123, zero P45 targeted to 8u20
> June 9-13: Fix P123, defer bugs that won't make it
> June 16-20: Code freeze, ramp down rules, fix doc bugs
>
> During the week June 16-20, the usual milestone rules will be in 
> effect and we are likely to be quite ruthless about any code changes.  
> We will likely only accept fixes for P12 critical bugs / regressions.
>
> Thanks to everyone for their hard work,
>
> Steve and Kevin