[yt-dev] 3.0 release delay

Matthew Turk matthewturk at gmail.com
Tue Jul 29 09:36:57 PDT 2014


...and I think they're mostly or exclusively on me. I have carved out time
today to finish my sections up.
On Jul 29, 2014 11:22 AM, "Nathan Goldbaum" <nathan12343 at gmail.com> wrote:

> For what it's worth, the issues marked in red on the trello board were
> considered blockers a couple weeks ago.  I don't think any of the remaining
> blockers require code changes.
>
> On Tuesday, July 29, 2014, Britton Smith <brittonsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't think I can be asked to predict what bugs will shake out, but I
>> will concede waiting for waiting's sake since we're trying to stick to a
>> timeline.  However, I think we need to sort through the remaining trello
>> items, blocking issues, and PRs that are supposed to make it in by 3.0 all
>> be on the same page with what absolutely must get done before this release.
>>  At the same time, let's not be perfectionists, here.  There will be
>> further releases and things will continue to be fixed up over time.
>>  Cameron, can you point to specific items that you think are blockers that
>> won't get done on time?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Matthew Turk <matthewturk at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm -1 on further delays. Looking at the blockers and the ones assigned
>>> to me, I will have them done by Wednesday. Which ones are the ones that
>>> will be problematic or that need to shake out? We've been in a light code
>>> freeze for over a week at this point, right?
>>>  On Jul 29, 2014 3:22 AM, "Britton Smith" <brittonsmith at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We shouldn't release until blocking issues have been cleared, and
>>>> probably a day or two after that to let things settle and bugs shake out.
>>>>  One final hangout/sprint to establish what exactly needs to get done
>>>> before the release is probably a good idea.  Would anyone be up for doing
>>>> that sometime this week?
>>>>
>>>> Britton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 6:50 AM, John ZuHone <jzuhone at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I won't be able to help out with documentation for a few days
>>>>> (probably until next week), as I am away at a meeting and have some other
>>>>> things to attend to in addition.
>>>>>
>>>>> If we push it to next week, I will be able to assist.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jul 28, 2014, at 10:45 PM, Cameron Hummels <chummels at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> First I want to thank everyone for their hard work at getting 3.0
>>>>> where it is in terms of functionality, bug fixes, and documentation.
>>>>>  However, I'm concerned that there are still several things that need doing
>>>>> in the documentation prior to release of 3.0.
>>>>>
>>>>> https://trello.com/b/Y5XV4Hod/yt-3-0
>>>>>
>>>>> Beyond that, I think once those things are done, we need some
>>>>> proofreading of the docs, because I'm not convinced there aren't still
>>>>> sections that are out of date and reflecting 2.x versions of the code.
>>>>>  Proofreading (and subsequent correction) may take a while.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it behooves us to push back the release a few more days until
>>>>> we make sure this is where we want it to be.  This is a major release with
>>>>> major API breakages, and I want to make sure the documentation actually
>>>>> reflects the codebase, so new users and new converts to 3.0 don't get
>>>>> confused.  I certainly was confused when i first moved over because there
>>>>> are a lot of significant changes that it's easy to forget after using it
>>>>> for a while and being as tied into the community as we all are.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do people think?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cameron
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Cameron Hummels
>>>>> Postdoctoral Researcher
>>>>> Steward Observatory
>>>>> University of Arizona
>>>>> http://chummels.org
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