SME9.0 Roadmap

Back to SME Server 9.0 Development

Work in progess

This page will be updated with the plan to 'SME 9.0 FINAL'. In addition to the roadmap there needs to be a short-term task list for community members. That will be linked from here.

Pre-Alpha

Development is performed using COS6 minimal and packages from SME 8 and any other needed repo.

checkpoints

No external yum repo

COS6 ISO is used as a base, but only SME repos are needed.

status: Achieved 5th Feb 2013

SME Server Services start

• SME Server 9.0 will use runlevel 4
• Use Upstart
• Ensure that the services start

status: Achieved with workarounds

Create SME 9 packages

• Build all SME Server packages on COS6, see SME9BuildQueue
• Cleanup SME 9 packages
• Import package into SME9

status: Achieved for Alpha 1

SME 9.0 Alpha 1 - Done 14th Feb

This is the first ISO created from the SME 9 stream.

Status: Achieved, 14th February

Goal

• Our own ISO to replace need for COS6 minimial ISO.
• Base to start verifications

SME 9.0 Alpha 2 - Done 6th March

This is the second ISO created from the SME 9 stream.

Status: Achieved, 6th March

Goal

• post-install script run at end of installer
• console starts on first reboot after install
• Image must boot to runlevel 4 and services start.
• Default yum configuration correct
• Network working

SME 9.0 Alpha 3 - Done 12th March

This is the third ISO created from the SME 9 stream.

Status: Achieved, 12th March

Goal

• SME Server branding, no obvious upstream branding left in.

SME 9.0 Alpha X

As many Alphas as needed to make it usable.

SME 9.0 Beta 1

• Maturity is sufficient for widespread testing use
• contrib owners should start testing their own contrib packages

SME 9.0 Beta Y

At some point in the Beta cycle, as maturity improves and the rate of change slows, contribs should be tested.

SME 9.0 Beta X

As many Betas as needed to make it mature.

SME 9.0 RC 1

• Maturity matches SME 8.0
• Extensive testing need to prove maturity

SME 9.0 Final

• Maturity matches SME 8.0
• Feature parity with SME 8.0, the intention is not to add new features
• Content identical to the final RC, just version and release note updates.
• The main contrib packages should be working at the final release.

Release notes pointers

• SME Server 9.0 will not install on i686 architecture