8.2.0 Status

[Greg Smith]

Hi All,

The following is my personal opinion and does not necessarily represent 
the consensus of the developers working for 1CC.

Nonetheless, I want to keep everyone in the loop and minimize surprises.

The final sprint to the finish of 8.2.0 is on!

We need to close all design discussions and get any final checks done 
ASAP. Any designs that are not agreed and ready for code this week will 
not make the release.

There is pressure from management and others to ship 8.2.0. The main 
driver is the need for a final release in September (probably first 
half) to use in manufacturing.

We (mostly Scott, Chris, Michael, Kim and I) are negotiating when to 
call Change Control (AKA first Release Candidate) and debating what that 
means. Most likely it means there will be much more push back and 
communication overhead before adding any new code.

We're also negotiating how many bugs marked "blocks:8.2.0" we plan to 
fix before we release.

Also, Kim and I (sometimes with Michael and Jim) read 50 - 75 bugs a day 
and either push them out or mark them blockers. We started at id 7500 
and hope to catch the tip of the spear by Friday or before.

That's where we are. No final decisions yet, but my goal is to reach 
agreement before Friday on a methodology to close this release.

The bottom line is that we may start Change Control any time. So get 
your quality code in ASAP. If you can, tell us what bugs you are 
working, when they will be resolved or how hard they are to fix.

If you think a bug is "must fix" put blocks?:8.2.0 in the keyword and we 
will review it.

Questions and comments welcome. I'll update you regularly on any further 
discussions we have in the office.

Thanks a lot for your involvement in the release and support of the project!

Thanks,

Greg S