8.2.0 deployments

[Greg Smith]

Hi Bert,

Thanks for asking. Its been a moving target, as a lot depends on the 
release date and the changing status of the various deployments. It also 
depends on the release date for 8.2.1.

That said, I definitely should have posted that sooner!

In short the target customers who are likely to use this release are as 
follows. All subject to change and confirmation in each place.

- G1G1 (US first then EU and Canada)
- Haiti
- Rwanda
- Mongolia
- Birmingham (?)
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Oceania

I'm not sure if Pia is able to upgrade from her pre-release image but 
I'm including Oceania anyway.

What I expect to happen in all cases is that they get the final image 
then they start testing it for their deployments. If they find show 
stoppers or critical issues they will consider waiting for 8.2.1. The 
8.2.1 decision will be based primarily on two things:
- Date including when it will be released and when they have a window of 
opportunity to upgrade.
- Bug fixes including how much has changed beyond what they specifically 
asked for. That is they need to gauge the chance of a regression which 
affects them vs. the value of the fixes they want.

For example, last I have heard Rwanda likes the release but they already 
sent 5K XOs in to schools with 708. They will get them back and have a 
chance to re-image them starting November 1. As it stands today I think 
they would use 8.2 but if they find an important issue and 8.2.1 is 
available by November, 1 and they can test it and verify it, then they 
would use that instead.

I updated the main future releases page with the target customer list. 
I'm overdue for a major update on the deployments page too. Will try to 
do that ASAP.

BTW Turkey is not on the list AFAIK but I have not had a lot of direct 
contact with them. I will find the lead contact and get back to you on 
them specifically.

Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns.

BTW For all, don't hesitate to ask any time a developer needs info on 
the users' deployment status, open requests or desires or anything else. 
If its something you need in order to decide what to work on and its 
holding up your progress, I'll investigate it for you ASAP.

Thanks,

Greg S

Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> is there a list for who is anticipated to be using 8.2.0 (in contrast to 
> 8.2.1 for example)?
> 
> One reason I'm asking is that a Turkish translation update just popped 
> in and it would be good to know if this means we need to update the 
> package now or if it can wait for 8.2.1.
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> 
>