From Fedora Project Wiki
(rework and add sections for clarity)
Line 1: Line 1:
== Important Milestones ==
== Important Milestones ==


* New features may be proposed (using the guidelines described elsewhere) and accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) up until the '''Feature Submission Deadline'''
=== Submitting New Features ===
** Two weeks before the '''Feature Freeze''' milestone.
* New features may be proposed (using the guidelines described elsewhere) and accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) up until the ''Feature Submission Deadline'':
** Two weeks before the ''Feature Freeze'' milestone.
** FESCo will consider features proposed after this deadline on an exception basis
** FESCo will consider features proposed after this deadline on an exception basis
* New features must be feature complete or close enough to completion by Alpha freeze that a majority of its functionality can be suitably tested--the "feature is testable".
 
** ''Feature complete'' means that the code required to enable to the new feature is finished. This is reflected as a percentage.   It does not mean the feature has been fully tested.
=== Feature Freeze ===
** Testing new features happens during the Alpha and Beta releases.
* New features must be feature complete or close enough to completion by Feature Freeze so that a majority of its functionality can be tested during the Alpha and Beta releases.
* After ''feature freeze'' the Feature Wrangler will present a list of all the features that are not 100% complete or lack evidence of "testability."  FESCo will review these feature to determine if they should remain as features of the current release.
* If a feature page specifies that a feature will be enabled by default, it must be so at Feature Freeze.
* Features meeting the previous criteria are considered ''testable.''
 
{{Admon/tip | ''Testable'' | This means the feature is substantially complete and can be tested when the feature is not 100% completely implemented.  This is an attempt to provide some flexibility without completely losing the understood meaning of a feature being ''frozen''. All new features  are tested during the Alpha and Beta releases.}}
 
=== Beta Freeze ===
* At ''Beta Freeze'' new features must be ''code complete''re complete'' means that the code required to enable to the new feature is finished.
* The level of ''code completeness'' is reflected as a percentage. It does not mean the feature has been fully tested.
 
=== Announcing the Final Feature List ===
* After FESCo's review of incomplete features the final feature list will be publicly announced by the Feature Wrangler.
* After FESCo's review of incomplete features the final feature list will be publicly announced by the Feature Wrangler.


 
== Exception Process ==
{{Admon/tip | ''Testable'' does not mean a small portion of the feature is complete and can be tested while a significant portion of the remaining functionality has not been completed and may not yet be tested. We are attempting to provide some flexibility here without completely losing the understood meaning of ''feature freeze''.}}
* After ''Feature Freeze'' the Feature Wrangler will present a list of all the features that are not 100% complete or lack evidence of "testability."  FESCo will review these feature to determine if they should remain as features of the current release.
* After ''Beta Freeze'' the Feature Wrangler will present a list of all the features that are not 100% complete.  FESCo will review these feature to determine if they should remain as features of the current release.

Revision as of 23:23, 6 January 2010

Important Milestones

Submitting New Features

  • New features may be proposed (using the guidelines described elsewhere) and accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo) up until the Feature Submission Deadline:
    • Two weeks before the Feature Freeze milestone.
    • FESCo will consider features proposed after this deadline on an exception basis

Feature Freeze

  • New features must be feature complete or close enough to completion by Feature Freeze so that a majority of its functionality can be tested during the Alpha and Beta releases.
  • If a feature page specifies that a feature will be enabled by default, it must be so at Feature Freeze.
  • Features meeting the previous criteria are considered testable.
Testable
This means the feature is substantially complete and can be tested when the feature is not 100% completely implemented. This is an attempt to provide some flexibility without completely losing the understood meaning of a feature being frozen. All new features are tested during the Alpha and Beta releases.

Beta Freeze

  • At Beta Freeze new features must be code completere complete means that the code required to enable to the new feature is finished.
  • The level of code completeness is reflected as a percentage. It does not mean the feature has been fully tested.

Announcing the Final Feature List

  • After FESCo's review of incomplete features the final feature list will be publicly announced by the Feature Wrangler.

Exception Process

  • After Feature Freeze the Feature Wrangler will present a list of all the features that are not 100% complete or lack evidence of "testability." FESCo will review these feature to determine if they should remain as features of the current release.
  • After Beta Freeze the Feature Wrangler will present a list of all the features that are not 100% complete. FESCo will review these feature to determine if they should remain as features of the current release.
Retrieved from "https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Features/Policy/Milestones&oldid=144249"