Re: Xen 4.19 release schedule proposal

[Oleksii <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 2024-01-03 at 06:53 +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 02.01.24 17:59, Oleksii wrote:
> > Dear community,
> > 
> > Wishing you a Happy New Year!
> > 
> > I'd like to propose the release schedule for Xen 4.19.
> > 
> > Based on the previous release schedules [1] and [2], it seems the
> > next
> > release date should be on Wednesday, July 10, 2024:
> > 
> > ** Proposed option: Wed Jul 10, 2024 **
> > (+9 months from Xen 4.18 release)
> > 
> > - Last posting date          Fri Apr 26, 2024
> > 
> > Patches adding new features are expected to be posted to the
> > mailing
> > list by this date, although perhaps not in their final version.
> > 
> > - Feature freeze             Fri May 17, 2024 (+3 weeks from Last
> > posting date)
> > 
> > Patches adding new features should be committed by this date.
> > Straightforward bugfixes may continue to be accepted by
> > maintainers.
> > 
> > - Code freeze                Fri May 31, 2024 (+2 weeks from
> > Feature
> > freeze)
> > 
> > Bugfixes only.
> > 
> > - Hard code freeze           Fri Jun 21, 2024 (+3 weeks from Code
> > freeze)
> > 
> > Bugfixes for serious bugs (including regressions), and low-risk
> > fixes
> > only.
> > 
> > - Final commits              Fri Jul 05, 2024 (+2 weeks from Hard
> > code
> > freeze)
> > 
> > Branch off staging-4.19.
> > 
> > - Release                    Wed Jul 10, 2024
> > 
> > If there are no objections, we will stick to the proposed schedule.
> > 
> > One more thing I'd like to discuss is whether to add a file
> > (RELEASE.md) with the release schedule to the source code or update
> > an
> > existing one (xen-release-management.pandoc). I think it will help
> > to
> > find the final release schedule for the nearest release. For
> > example,
> > for the previous release, there are a lot of emails with proposed
> > schedules, polls of Xen release schedules, and I found the final
> > release schedule in just one of the replies (but probably I missed
> > something).
> 
> What about putting it into the wiki under
> Xen_Project_X.YY_Release_Notes?
> That way it would already be accessible via SUPPORT.md (in the wiki
> under
> https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable-staging/support-matrix.html ;).
It makes sense to me. Thanks.

~ Oleksii