Re: Decide on official Isar release cycle

["'Jan Kiszka' via isar-users" <isar-users@googlegroups.com>]

On 16.12.25 08:58, Anton Mikanovich wrote:
> 16/12/2025 09:37, 'Clara Kowalsky' via isar-users wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> last week at the Isar Community Meetup, the desire was expressed to
>> finally have a v1.0 Isar release to demonstrate project maturity, as
>> well as to have more releases per year, ideally quarterly.
>> So far, the approach has been to release approximately one minor
>> release per year, which brings us to v0.11 at present.
>> My suggestion would be to follow a similar approach as Debian and have
>> a major release every two years, along with a minor release every
>> quarter.
>>
>> How should we proceed? Which strategy do we want to establish?
>> Ideally, we could release the first major version in January and then
>> proceed with a quarterly cycle.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Clara Kowalsky
>>
> Hello Clara,
> 
> I think Isar is looking stable enough to have v1.0 release.
> But we should choose the date carefully, because it will require some
> pre-release work (like retesting all the targets) every year on this
> period.
> Some steps I hope will be automated soon, while some still require manual
> involving.
> 
> Also following should be taken in account:
> - Incomming commits activity. It is usually variable during the year.
> - Debian releases. Few months after and before Debian release date don't
> look
> like stable base point.
> - Any holidays when people can be on vocations.
> 
> Having all this in mind my suggestion is February.
> 
> Regarding the period of releases not sure we need to have 4 minor
> releases per
> year, because preparations will probably be the same as for major ones.
> Maybe
> having one stable release every year will be more useful and will allow
> to have
> some big changes more "polished" to the moment of the release.

I think someone at the meetup summarized this nicely: "One release per
year is like no release." If you want people to synchronize on the
releases, you need at least 2 per year, rather 3 or even 4.

Jan

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