[openib-general] RFC: SDP plans

Matt Leininger mlleinin at hpcn.ca.sandia.gov
Mon Feb 27 19:58:58 PST 2006


On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 15:27 -0800, Sean Hefty wrote:
> Bryan O'Sullivan wrote:
> > So.  We can move the 1.0 release date to "whenever SDP gets into an
> > upstream kernel" without knowing when that might be, or we can do the
> > best we can with what we have now.
> > 
> > My preference is strongly for the latter.
> 
> SDP should not be in a release until it is release quality, and I would based 
> that on an upstream submission.
> 
> What's wrong with shipping release 1.0 without SDP, then shipping an updated 
> release (1.1) once SDP is ready?  SDP doesn't get there faster by delaying the 
> 1.0 release.

  Sounds reasonable to me.   Put whatever components are ready into the
1.0 release.  Other components can come in later.  Don't try and solve
every problem now, just work towards a solid baseline for code releases.

  - Matt






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