Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:31:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-user@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r43934 - user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng Message-ID: <201402142231.s1EMV1DK068963@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: gjb Date: Fri Feb 14 22:31:01 2014 New Revision: 43934 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/43934 Log: Add notes about "blanket approval" requests and work-in-progress extensions that are typical after announcing the schedule for a release cycle. Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation Modified: user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml Modified: user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml ============================================================================== --- user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml Fri Feb 14 22:30:59 2014 (r43933) +++ user/gjb/releng-rewrite/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-releng/article.xml Fri Feb 14 22:31:01 2014 (r43934) @@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ <para>After general agreement on the schedule, the &team.re; emails the the schedule to the &os; Developers.</para> + + <para>It is somewhat typical that many developers will inform + the &team.re; about various works-in-progress. In some cases, + and extension for the in-progress work will be requested, and + in other cases, a request for <quote>blanket approval</quote> + to a particular subset of the tree will be made.</para> + + <para>When such requests are made, it is important to make sure + timelines (even if estimated) are discussed. For blanket + approvals, the length of time for the blanket approval should + be made clear. For example, a &os; developer may request + blanket approvals from the start of the code slush until the + start of the <literal>-RC</literal> builds.</para> + + <para>Depending on the underlying set of code in question, and + the overall impact the set of code has on &os; as a whole, such + requests may be approved or denied by the &team.re;.</para> + + <para>The same applies to work-in-progress extensions. For + example, in-progress work for a new device driver that is + otherwise isolated from the rest of the tree may be granted + an extension. A new scheduler, however, may not be feasible, + expecially if such dramatic changes do not exist in another + branch.</para> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="releng-head">help
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