Fedora Rel-Eng Meeting Recap 2008-APR-14

[John Poelstra]

Recap and full IRC transcript found here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/Meetings/2008-apr-14

Please make corrections and clarifications to the wiki page.

== Preview Release (aka PR) Status ==
  * Not ready--scheduled for availability on 2008-04-11
  * Problems with yum and other compose tools
  * Snafu with package signing which caused rawhide to revert back to 
all unsigned copies of most packages--100G worth of churn
  * Spend rest of today untangling rawhide situation
  * Attempt Preview Release on 2008-04-15 with no change to GA date of 
2008-04-29

== Mass Branching ==
  * Toshio says that the tools (pkgdb, etc..) are ready for the mass 
branching.
  * should probably have a CVS outage to get the branching done--usually 
takes a full work day
  * Discusison left unfinished

== What is the Preview Release? ==
  * "just another snapshot" or equivalent to Alpha and Beta which 
requires more formal testing before release?
  * discussion about confusion over what preview release is
  * Need clearer definition for what ''Preview Release'' and ''Release 
Candidate'' mean
  * DECISIONS:
    1. Poelcat to take a shot at documenting purpose and criteria for 
snapshots and test releases
    1. Preview Release will be as installable and functional as other 
test releases (Alpha and Beta)
       * 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/TestResults/Fedora9Install/PreviewRelease

== IRC Transcript ==