SME9.0 Roadmap

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 (Ian)

SME Server Services start

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

Create SME 9 packages

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

SME 9.0 Alpha 1

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

Goal

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

SME 9.0 Alpha 2

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

Goal

• Image must boot to runlevel 4 and services start.
• 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.