Re: Squid-2 + Squid-3 roadmaps

On Tue, 2007-10-02 at 22:53 +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2007, Alex Rousskov wrote:
>
> > > I'd like to hear from devs and interested users alike.
> >
> > I can only comment on Squid3 roadmap (should not the Squid2 roadmap end
> > soon after with Squid3 release?).
>
> There's still an enormous squid-2 userbase out there which still needs
> to be looked after.

Agreed, but "looking after users" is not a roadmap item.

Whether focusing on adding new features to Squid2 is better than
focusing on adding those features to Squid3 and working on Squid3
stability is the debate we already had. We could not agree then, and the
situation has not changed now, except that Squid3 became more stable.
IMO, an "enormous user base" is not required to sufficiently test new
ideas, so I am not buying your argument that you have to focus on Squid2
when working on new features.

Fortunately, we do not need to agree to keep moving forward, albeit less
efficiently.

> > Looks like we have at least two Squid3 roadmaps already:
> > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/RoadMap/Squid3
> > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Squid-3.1
>
> Well, I created RoadMap/Squid3 from /Squid-3.0; I think rolling /Squid-3.1
> into the Squid3 roadmap is a good idea.
>
> > I am afraid both Squid3 roadmaps are more fantasy- than reality-based.
>
> :)
>
> > I have outlined my specific suggestions on how to reorganize things in
> > the "v3.1 TODO and deadline" message on squid-dev. I am happy to edit
> > the wiki page (which one??) to implement those suggestions, importing
> > features on the current Squid3 roadmaps.
>
> It sounds like a good idea. I'm all for what you proposed in your previous
> email.

OK. I will wait for more feedback and, if there are no better ideas,
will reorganize the Squid3 roadmap pages.

> I'm just hoping that we'll all agree on 3.0 -> 3.1 being a "clean
> up the insides and add IPv6" release rather than adding any more sweeping
> internal changes.

I am not sure yet. It is possible that "cleaning up the insides" is a
"sweeping internal change" by some metrics.

I hope that it would be much easier to decide when we have _specific_
roadmap items, with commitment from real developers behind them, and a
release deadline.

Alex.
Received on Tue Oct 02 2007 - 10:27:43 MDT