Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Version1.7Roadmap

Timestamp:

Nov 30, 2013, 11:03:18 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Tim Graham

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+{{{
+#!text/x-rst
+
+==================
+Django 1.7 Roadmap
+==================
+
+This document details the schedule and roadmap towards Django 1.7.
+
+What will be in Django 1.7?
+===========================
+
+Whatever gets committed by January 20th!
+
+Django 1.7 will be a fully time-based release; any features completed and checked in by the feature freeze deadline (January 20th) will be included. Any that miss the deadline won't.
+The Django core team has a couple of major features we'd like to merge:
+
+* Migrations (Andrew Godwin)
+* GSoC composite fields (Michal Petrucha and Andrew Godwin)
+* GSoC validation refactor (Chris Medrela and Russell Keith-Magee)
+
+Minor features and bug fixes will be committed as they are completed. If you have submitted a patch, be sure the flags on the Trac ticket are correct such that it appears in the "Patches needing review" filter of the `Django Development Dashboard <https://dashboard.djangoproject.com/>`_. Better yet, find someone to review your patch and mark the ticket as "Ready for checkin".
+
+Schedule
+========
+
+Major milestones along the way to 1.7 are scheduled below. See `Process`_,
+below, for more details. The dates are subject to change as necessary.
+
+==================  ===========================================================
+January 20, 2014    Django 1.7 alpha; major feature freeze.
+
+March 6, 2014       Django 1.7 beta; complete feature freeze.
+
+May 1, 2014         Django 1.7 RC 1; translation string freeze.
+
+May 15, 2014        Django 1.7 final (or RC 2, if needed).
+==================  ===========================================================
+
+Process
+=======
+
+Any code not complete by feature freeze dates simply won't make it into 1.7.
+
+Andrew Godwin, as the release manager, will be in charge of keeping the
+schedule. He'll keep track of who's working on what issues so that bug reports
+can be efficiently routed; he'll also nag developers who are in danger of missing deadlines. Marc Tamlyn will serve as a backup release manager.
+
+Feature freeze / Alpha 1
+------------------------
+
+All major features must be committed by the Alpha 1 deadline. Any
+work not done by this point will be deferred or dropped.
+
+Beta 1
+------
+
+Beta 1 marks the end of *any* feature work. Only bug fixes will be allowed in after this point.
+
+RC 1
+----
+
+RC 1 will, Murphy willing, be a true release candidate: 1.7 final should be identical to RC 1. RC 1 also marks string freeze; translators will have two weeks to submit updated translations for inclusion in the final release.
+
+Release
+-------
+Django 1.7 final will ship two weeks after the last RC. Hopefully we'll only need
+a single RC, so, the final release will follow roughly a week after RC 1. If
+blockers are found, another RC will be released instead.
+
+How you can help
+----------------
+
+The only way we'll meet these deadlines is with a great deal of community effort.
+To that end, here's how you can help:
+
+* Read the `guide to contributing to Django <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/>`_ and the `guide to Django's
+  release process <http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-process/>`_.
+    
+  These guides explains how our process works. where to ask questions,
+  etc. It'll save everyone time if we're all on the same page when it
+  comes to process.
+      
+* Work on patches and `triage tickets <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/triaging-tickets/>`_.
+      
+* Attend a sprint (in person or in IRC).
+
+* Test the release snapshots (alphas, betas) against your code and report
+  bugs.
+      
+  We need *lots* of testers if we're to have a bug-free release. Download
+  a snapshot or a git checkout and give it a try!
+}}}