[tei-council] Next TEI-C Guidelines Release (presumably 2.6.0)

[James Cummings]

I think we're going to have to defer to January.  I don't think 
people have finished enough of the work assigned to them.  (I 
haven't at least... do correct me if everyone else has.)

-James

On 06/12/13 08:46, Peter Stadler wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> what’s the current roadmap for the next release?
> Are we still aiming at December or was it silently deferred to January?
>
> Peter
>
> Am 21.10.2013 um 19:04 schrieb James Cummings <James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk>:
>
>> Hi TEI-Council,
>>
>> I've updated the table at
>> http://www.tei-c.org/Guidelines/P5/index.xml#releases to give a
>> 'next version' date of "December 2013". As discussed on the
>> teleconference though if this slips to January it isn't terrible.
>>
>> However, I would suggest the following intended initial timetable:
>>
>> 6 December 2013: Deadline for all major work being done. (Version
>> number updated to 2.6.0 alpha)
>> 6 - 13 December: Repository Chill -- no new implementations,
>> updates to prose and uncontroversial bug fixes are still allowed.
>> Beta announced to TEI-L community. (Version number updated to
>> 2.6.0 beta)
>> 13 - 19 December: Repository Freeze -- Council proofreads & test
>> all outputs; no changes allowed except with permission of
>> technical council and release technician.
>> 20 December: Possible release date. (Depends on the availability
>> of the release technician.)
>>
>> Which leaves us with the question of who wants to be a release
>> technician!
>>
>> I would suggest that it might be nice to have either:
>>
>> a) A departing member of council (Becky, Brett, Kevin) as leaving
>> contribution/experience or
>>
>> b) A new member of council (Fabio, Peter, Stefanie) as a baptism
>> of fire.
>>
>> Any of you interested? The steps involved are documented at:
>>
>> http://www.tei-c.org/Activities/Council/Working/tcw22.xml
>>
>> -James
>>
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