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- the possibility of being able to introduce new functionality to 2.7 should be explicitly stated
- Staffing of release team - anthony and pete identified, and then somebody unknown. some clarification of their responsibilities. explicitly calling for one or two more people.
- a 2.8 branch manager should be identified early
- pragmatism ... people willing to be branch manager depends on deployment schedules, 2.7 schedule may be in jeopardy if there are no schools willing to adopt it. Whether or not one deploys can be influenced by feature set, and so 2.7 may introduce risks here. 2.7 schedule may be in jeopardy if there are no schools willing to adopt it.
- brings up the old question of release philosophy: time-based v. feature-based, etc.
- uncomfortable with suggestion of PC's role in targeting particular releases, shouldn't set hard boundaries
- is there a pragmatic benefit to southern hemisphere sites? UCT in particular: would favor independent project releases instead. A forums release would be more useful than a full 2.7 as currently described.
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