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This page is dedicated to **Mageia post-mortem**. It should help us to improve process for Mageia 2

Brainstorming

string freeze missing
version freeze must be stricter
release freeze must be stricter
iso-builders must scale
qa of final isos too short, should be at least 10 days
Maybe remind any new qa testers how to rsync each set of new isos: dvgevers didn't realise one can write the new set over the old one and save a huge number of bits downloaded and time until very late in the sequence of isos produced :((
websites should be done at least ~7 days before in english, so it can be proofread, fixed (~2 days), and then translated (~4 days), and available in time for release.
number of qa-testers too low for pre-release testing (also alpha, beta, ...)
perhaps a bit more time allocated to bugfixing between pre-release and freeze
should there be an artwork freeze?
Very difficult for new packagers to participate (all the mentors seems to require quite a lot of packaging experience from "new" packagers)

Here are the big topics we will have to focus on

more time allocated to bugfixing between pre-release and freeze: pb is bugs are always fixed in last minute. Same pb for tests
qa of final isos too short, should be at least 10 days: having automatic builds to check in a more frequent way, organize testers in a better way ; improve documentation and training
number of qa-testers too low for pre-release testing (also alpha, beta, …)

Very difficult for new packagers to participate (all the mentors seems to require quite a lot of packaging experience from “new” packagers): we do need minimal requirements to keep good quality level but we need also to improve that process and the way it's managed on daily base.

See discussions on that post-mortem: Post-mortem review