[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme
On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 11:24:59AM +0000, Lars Kurth wrote: > > > On 09/11/2015 11:04, "Wei Liu" <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > So I propose we use the following scheme: > >> > > >> > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. > >> > - 4 months development. > >> > - 2 months freeze. > >> > - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time. > >> > - Fixed cut-off date: the Fridays of the week in which the last day of > >> > March and September falls. > >> > - No more freeze exception, but heads-up mails about freeze will be > >> > sent a few weeks before hand. > >> > - Stable branch maintained for 18 months full support plus 18 months > >> > security support. No mixed maintainership for stable trees. > >> > >> -1 overall (the different points would get different ratings > >> individually) > >> > > > >For the record, Jan and I had a conversation on IRC. This -1 was cast on > >-2...+2 scale and he changed it to -0 (against but non-blocking) to fit > >in our governance. > > > >Wei. > > It appears then, that we have a consensus and all stake-holders have > voted. I think in future, it may be good to paste snippets of clarifying > IRC conversation into the mail thread. > That conversation was a bit long to paste in so I just stated the conclusion. > I was wondering, whether the dates you marked you proposed in "RFC: change > to 6 months release cycle" (see > http://markmail.org/message/hcp4wifaybk4vtkk#query:+page:1+mid:veqxur64wrwi > ni73+state:results for entire conversation) with release dates at the > beginning of June and December according to the new scheme hold (meaning > that the 4.7 release will follow a 6+2 month cycle or probably more along > the lines of 5.5+2.5), or whether maybe we gradually move to the new > scheme over two releases (4.7 and 4.8 to follow 5+2 and subsequently 4+2). > No strong opinion, just something I'd like to know. > Most people agreed the fixed date arrangement is a good idea, so I would go for end of March cut-off date. > We should probably also write a blog post and update/create information on > the wiki. Am willing to volunteer to put the latter together. > As for blog post, I will try to come up with something after I finish my email to xen-devel. -- Wei. _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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