Thread: Here Is Why The PR 1.2 Firmware For The Nokia N900 Is Late
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2010-05-14 , 06:58
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Originally Posted by EverythingBlaxx View Post
Because FW updates aren't something to tack a release date on. You can't schedule a bugfix or a feature that didn't make it into the previous firmware because it wasn't ready yet.

Just ask all those Android users waiting on a 2.x update how they feel about release dates LOL
you dont have to schedule anything..
you just release every 2 or 3 months.. what is ready then.
so you have a release branch where bug fixes are applied to
you have feature branches where you work and test featues and when they are stable enough the developer can commit it to the release branch just after a release cut (so a full cycle of testing can be done and the next cut will have that feature)

so its not about planning all the features or bugfixes, its just that you do a steady stream of firmware updates, that are fixes and features that are readdy.
 

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