[Techteam] Adding a "Next release" milestone in trac

[Michael Stone]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 11:54:44PM -0400, Kim Quirk wrote:
> Can we use a combination of milestones and tagging?

Seems like a fine idea to me. 

> Maybe the milestone represents the desired location of the feature,
> and the tags represent current expectations as to whether it can make
> one release or another.

That sounds like an excellent dichotomy to me.

> So if someone puts 'Groups' into Milestone 9.1.0; you might also tag
> it with rel-9.1.0:? because it is undefined and therefore not clear
> that can make that milestone without a lot more attention. As it gets
> broken down into smaller parts, some of those features might get
> rel-9.1.0:+ and some get -.

Just so.

> I think all the trac items still open once we hit a milestone should
> get automatically pushed into the next milestone.

Why do you think they should be auto-pushed? Why to the next milestone
instead of to a 'needs triage' milestone?

Thanks for the great suggestions,

Michael